To make a renunciation of something.
To cast off, repudiate.
To abandon, forsake, discontinue (an action, habit, intention, etc), sometimes by open declaration.
To fail to follow suit; playing a card of a different suit when having no card of the suit led.
To give up, resign, surrender.
To surrender formally some right or trust.
To decline further association with someone or something, disown.
An act of renouncing.
Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see turn, to.
To consult for advice or help.
To become, to degenerate into.
To direct one's attention or efforts toward something.
To start to do or to use something in an attempt to deal with a difficult and unpleasant situation.