Definitions for: Renunciation


[n] the act of renouncing; sacrificing or giving up or surrendering (a possession or right or title or privilege etc.)
[n] rejecting or disowning or disclaiming as invalid; "Congressional repudiation of the treaty that the President had negotiated"
[n] an act (spoken or written) declaring that something is surrendered or disowned
[n] the state of having rejected your religious beliefs or your political party or a cause (often in favor of opposing beliefs or causes)



Webster (1913) Definition: Re*nun`ci*a"tion (r?-n?n`s?-?"sh?n or
-sh?-?"sh?n; 277), n. [Cf. F. renonciation, L. renuntiatio
ann announcement. See Renounce.]
1. The act of renouncing.

2. (Law) Formal declination to take out letters of
administration, or to assume an office, privilege, or
right.

Syn: Renouncement; disownment; disavowal; disavowment;
disclaimer; rejection; abjuration; recantation; denial;
abandonment; relinquishment.

Synonyms: apostasy, defection, forgoing, forswearing, renouncement, repudiation

See Also: abnegation, denial, disclaimer, disowning, disownment, forsaking, giving up, rejection, rejection, rejection, relinquishing, relinquishment, resignation, self-abnegation, self-denial, self-renunciation

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