Sentence examples for renouncing for from inspiring English sources

On November 11 , 1918 he issued a proclamation recognizing Austria's right to determine the future form of the state and renouncing for himself any share in affairs of state, and on November 13 he issued a similar proclamation to Hungary.

Anarchic, freewheeling frivolity that traded in joy — in other words, in the comedian's resourcefulness — was renounced for an artful marriage of music and lyrics that traded in narrative.

But in his view, the "genocide" verdict at least puts massive pressure on the authorities in Bosnia's Serb sector to renounce for ever the idea of an ethnically pure state, and to welcome back Croat and Muslim families displaced from that region during the war.

Tolstoy made Sophia the example of what he had renounced for the sake of serving God and humanity.

This was followed by A Treatise of Christian Renunciation (1593), which comprised a selection of quotations on what Catholics should be prepared to renounce for their faith, and The Societie of the Rosary (1593 1594) His defence of the practice of equivocation was published in A Treatise of Equivocation (c. 1598), originally titled A Treatise against lying and fraudulent dissimulation.

Raising the potential for yet more disapproval from her family, Shahid converted to Kazam's Shia school of Islam – an act tantamount to renouncing faith for hardline Sunnis.

Renouncing one for the other would be like renouncing being a son to become a husband -- or like renouncing my first child when my second is born.

The president-elect called out Rexnord on Twitter for its plans to renounce Indiana for Mexico.

Other FARC leaders have said that the group was not holding any kidnapped hostages (the group officially renounced kidnapping for ransom in February), infuriating those waiting for years for news of kidnapped relatives.

He has renounced hostility for the people of Israel (for which he received a dressing down from Mr Khamenei), suggested that Iran is incapable of dealing with modern challenges, and flirted impiously with a famous actress.

His life was marked for ever by his youthful decision to renounce Catholicism for a more politically acceptable set of beliefs.