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RENUNCIATION
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
The act of renouncing; sacrificing or giving up or surrendering (a possession or right or title or privilege etc.)
Synonyms:
forgoing; forswearing; renunciation
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Hypernyms ("renunciation" is a kind of...):
rejection (the act of rejecting something)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "renunciation"):
forsaking; giving up (the act of forsaking)
abnegation; denial; self-abnegation; self-denial; self-renunciation (renunciation of your own interests in favor of the interests of others)
Derivation:
renounce (give up, such as power, as of monarchs and emperors, or duties and obligations)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Rejecting or disowning or disclaiming as invalid
Example:
Congressional repudiation of the treaty that the President had negotiated
Synonyms:
renunciation; repudiation
Classified under:
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
Hypernyms ("renunciation" is a kind of...):
rejection (the speech act of rejecting)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "renunciation"):
disclaimer ((law) a voluntary repudiation of a person's legal claim to something)
disowning; disownment (refusal to acknowledge as one's own)
Derivation:
renounce (cast off)
Sense 3
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 ("renunciation" 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 "renunciation"):
relinquishing; relinquishment (a verbal act of renouncing a claim or right or position etc.)
Derivation:
renounce (turn away from; give up)
renounce (give up, such as power, as of monarchs and emperors, or duties and obligations)
Sense 4
Meaning:
The state of having rejected your religious beliefs or your political party or a cause (often in favor of opposing beliefs or causes)
Synonyms:
apostasy; defection; renunciation
Classified under:
Nouns denoting stable states of affairs
Hypernyms ("renunciation" is a kind of...):
rejection (the state of being rejected)
