brother of Romulus, was exposed together with his brother by the cruelty of his grandfather. In the contest which happened between the two brothers about building a city, Romulus obtained the preference, and Remus, for ridiculing the rising walls, was put to death by his brother's orders, or by Romulus himself (see Romulus). The Romans were afflicted with a plague after this murder; upon which the oracle was consulted, and the manes of Remus appeased by the institution of the Remuria.

Renal, something belonging to the reins or Kidneys.

Renounter, in the military art, the encounter of two little bodies or parties of forces. In which sense renounter is used in opposition to a pitched battle.

Renounter, in single combats, is used by way of contradiction to duel.—When two persons fall out and fight on the spot without having premeditated the combat, it is called a renounter.