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Definition of Renown
Renown
The state of being much known and talked of; exalted reputation derived from the extensive praise of great achievements or accomplishments; fame; celebrity; -- always in a good sense.

Report of nobleness or exploits; praise.

To make famous; to give renown to.


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Renown Quotations
Some for renown, on scraps of learning dote, And think they grow immortal as they quote.
Edward Young

To set the cause above renown.
Henry Newbolt

Renown? I've already got more of it than those I respect, and will never have as much as those for whom I feel contempt.
Jean Rostand

By adversity are wrought the greatest works of admiration, and all the fair examples of renown, out of distress and misery are grown.
Samuel Daniel

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Renown Translations
renown in Dutch is onderscheiding
renown in Finnish is maine
renown in German is Ansehen {n}, Ruhm
renown in Latin is gloria, celebritas
renown in Spanish is renombre, hambre
renown in Swedish is ryktbarhet






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