'Renunciation' definitions:
Definition of 'renunciation'
From: WordNet
noun
Rejecting or disowning or disclaiming as invalid; "Congressional repudiation of the treaty that the President had negotiated" [syn: repudiation, renunciation]
noun
The state of having rejected your religious beliefs or your political party or a cause (often in favor of opposing beliefs or causes) [syn: apostasy, renunciation, defection]
noun
An act (spoken or written) declaring that something is surrendered or disowned [syn: renunciation, renouncement]
noun
The act of renouncing; sacrificing or giving up or surrendering (a possession or right or title or privilege etc.) [syn: renunciation, forgoing, forswearing]
Definition of 'Renunciation'
From: GCIDE
- Renunciation \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. [1913 Webster]
- 2. (Law) Formal declination to take out letters of administration, or to assume an office, privilege, or right. [1913 Webster]
- Syn: Renouncement; disownment; disavowal; disavowment; disclaimer; rejection; abjuration; recantation; denial; abandonment; relinquishment. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'renunciation'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- abandonment,
- abdication,
- abeyance,
- abjuration,
- abjurement,
- abnegation,
- abrogation,
- absolute contradiction,
- annulment,
- apostasy,
- breakoff,
- capitulation,
- cease,
- ceasing,
- cessation,
- cession,
- close,
- closing,
- cold storage,
- constraint,
- contradiction,
- contrary assertion,
- contravention,
- controversion,
- countering,
- crossing,
- crossing-over,
- defection,
- degeneration,
- denial,
- desertion,
- desinence,
- desistance,
- disaffirmation,
- disallowance,
- disavowal,
- disclaimer,
- disclamation,
- discontinuance,
- discontinuation,
- disowning,
- disownment,
- dispensation,
- disposal,
- disposition,
- disproof,
- dropping out,
- dumping,
- eschewing,
- expatriation,
- forbearance,
- forbearing,
- forgoing,
- forswearing,
- frugality,
- gainsaying,
- getting rid of,
- giving in,
- giving over,
- giving up,
- golden mean,
- handing over,
- impugnment,
- letting go,
- moderateness,
- moderation,
- nonexercise,
- nothing in excess,
- nullification,
- palinode,
- palinody,
- recantation,
- recedence,
- recession,
- refutation,
- rejection,
- release,
- relinquishment,
- reneging,
- renouncement,
- reoccupy,
- repossess,
- repudiation,
- resignation,
- restraint,
- retake,
- retractation,
- retraction,
- retreat,
- revocation,
- revokement,
- riddance,
- sacrifice,
- self-abnegation,
- self-control,
- self-denial,
- self-discipline,
- self-mastery,
- self-restraint,
- self-sacrifice,
- shutdown,
- soberness,
- sobriety,
- sophrosyne,
- stopping,
- surcease,
- surrender,
- suspension,
- swearing off,
- temperance,
- temperateness,
- termination,
- treason,
- unsaying,
- waiver,
- withdrawal,
- withdrawing,
- yielding