how to pronounce отречься

/ɐˈtrʲet͡ɕsʲə/

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отречься is pronounced in three syllables

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rʲ

t͡ɕ

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sʲ

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An example use of отречься in a speech by a native speaker of standard russian:

“… кто заставил царя отречься от престола …”

meanings of отречься

verb:

To abdicate.
To disown, to disavow, to renounce, to give up, to repudiate.

отречься frequency in russian - C2+ level of CEFR

the word отречься occurs in russian on average 1.1 times per one million words; this frequency warrants it to be in the study list for C2+ level of language mastery according to CEFR, the Common European Framework of Reference.