renoncent

Renoncent is the third-person plural present indicative form of the French verb renoncer, meaning “they renounce.” It is a conjugated verb form rather than a standalone noun, and it appears in sentences with a plural subject such as ils or elles.

Renoncer is an -er verb, and renoncent follows the regular present-tense endings for -er verbs in the third person plural. Other present-tense forms include je renonce, tu renonces, il renonce, nous renonçons, and vous renoncez. In phrases, renoncer is typically followed by à to express giving up something or an action, as in renoncer à quelque chose or renoncer à faire quelque chose.

Examples of usage include: Ils renoncent à leur droit. Elle renonce à ce voyage. Such constructions are common when describing voluntary relinquishment of claims, opportunities, or plans. In written and formal French, renoncer can also appear in past and other tenses: the past participle is renoncé (as in Ils ont renoncé), and the imperfect is renonçaient.

A notable syntactic point is that renoncer uses à for its object, so the past participle renoncé does not agree with a preceding direct object in compound tenses. When a prepositional object is present, pronouns may replace it (Ils y ont renoncé: they gave it up). Overall, renoncent functions as the standard present-tense form for describing multiple subjects renouncing something.