re-nuō uī, -, ere, to nod backwards, shake the head, deny, oppose, disapprove, reject, decline, refuse: renuit Sabellus, H.: renuente deo, against the will of the god, O.: hoc oculo renuente negare, with an incredulous eye, O.: renuentes huic crimini, denying this charge: renuis tu quod iubet alter, H.: convivium, decline: impetūs, check, Ta.