Sentence examples of "renoncer" in French

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Jeanne d'Arc refusa de renoncer à sa conviction que les voix qu'elle entendait étaient de Dieu et nulle autre. Joan of Arc refused to renounce her belief that the voice she heard was from God and none other.
Le peuple japonais a renoncé à la guerre. The Japanese people have renounced war.
Toute personne qui refuse d'espérer, renonce à la vie. He who surrenders hope, surrenders life.
Il a renoncé à boire et à fumer. He renounced smoking and drinking.
Sa santé lui a fait renoncer à boire beaucoup. His health was the forfeit of heavy drinking.
Il pleuvait tellement fort que nous avons dû renoncer à partir. It was raining so hard that we had to put off our departure.
Les parents de Keiko lui ont conseillé de renoncer à sortir avec lui. Keiko's parents talked her out of dating him.
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