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RENOUNCEMENT

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

An act (spoken or written) declaring that something is surrendered or disowned

Synonyms:

renouncement; renunciation

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Hypernyms ("renouncement" is a kind of...):

resignation (the act of giving up (a claim or office or possession etc.))

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "renouncement"):

relinquishing; relinquishment (a verbal act of renouncing a claim or right or position etc.)

Derivation:

renounce (cast off)

renounce (give up, such as power, as of monarchs and emperors, or duties and obligations)

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