renoncer

Meaning

to abandon, to quit

Example

After three months of negotiations they gave up on the project.

Word forms

The spellings this word turns up in. There are 39 of them.

More words at level B2

• repérer to spot, to identify
• revers setback, reversal
• rupture break, termination
• réticence reluctance
• seuil threshold
• socle foundation, base
• souligner to stress, to underline
• subir to undergo, to suffer

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