Also means
to disown
Usage Note
Rinnegare takes avere as auxiliary. It means to repudiate or publicly deny something one once held — rinnegare la propria fede (to renounce one's faith) or rinnegare un figlio (to disown a child). The double nn is pronounced as a held consonant: rin-neh-GAH-reh.
Examples
"Non rinnegherò mai le mie origini."
Natural Translation
I will never disown my origins.

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