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renunciation en · NOUN

Pronunciation

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Etymology

From Latin renūntiātiō. Compare renounce.

Meanings

1. (countable, uncountable) The act of rejecting or renouncing something as invalid.
   • The life of the spirit demands readiness for renunciation when the occasion arises […]. 1917, Bertrand Russell, Why Men Fight: A Method of Abolishing the International Duel:
   • The President's renunciation of the treaty has upset Congress.
2. (countable, uncountable) The resignation of an ecclesiastical office.
   • The bishop's renunciation was on account of his ill health.
3. (countable, uncountable) The act by which a person abandons a right acquired, but without transferring it to another.
4. (countable, uncountable) In the Anglican baptismal service, the part in which the candidate in person or by his sureties renounces the Devil and all his works.

Forms

Deriveds

self-renunciation · nonrenunciation

Relateds

renouncement · abjurement · repudiation

Synonyms

termination · declination · annulment · nonconsent · revocation · disapproval · nonapproval · renunciation · unapproval · annulment · invalidation · turndown · devalidation · invalidation · prohibition · abolition · nonapproval · nonassent · refusal · cancellation · nullification · abnegation · unconsent · abrogation · rejection · dissension · denial · repudiation · vitiation · deauthentication · rejection · renunciation

Translations (37)

sh odrješenje (the resignation of an ecclesiastical office) · nl verwerping (the act of rejecting or renouncing something as invalid) · no avvisning (the act of rejecting or renouncing something as invalid) · nl verloochening (the resignation of an ecclesiastical office) · nl verzaking (the act by which a person abandons a right acquired, but without transferring it to another) · fi hylkääminen (the act of rejecting or renouncing something as invalid) · it abbandono (the act by which a person abandons a right acquired, but without transferring it to another) · fr renonciation (the act of rejecting or renouncing something as invalid) · el αποκύρηξη (the resignation of an ecclesiastical office) · fi eroaminen (the resignation of an ecclesiastical office) · sh odbacivanje (the act of rejecting or renouncing something as invalid) · tl halugamit (the act of rejecting or renouncing something as invalid) · txb rilläññe (the act of rejecting or renouncing something as invalid) · it rinuncia (the act of rejecting or renouncing something as invalid) · sh odricanje (the act of rejecting or renouncing something as invalid) · it abdicazione (the resignation of an ecclesiastical office) · az üz döndərmə (the act of rejecting or renouncing something as invalid) · ja 放棄 (the act of rejecting or renouncing something as invalid) · ru отрече́ние (the act of rejecting or renouncing something as invalid) · gd àicheadh (the act of rejecting or renouncing something as invalid) · it abiura (the resignation of an ecclesiastical office) · ru отреше́ние (the resignation of an ecclesiastical office) · ru отрече́ние (the resignation of an ecclesiastical office) · el αποκύρηξη (the act of rejecting or renouncing something as invalid) · nb abandon (the act by which a person abandons a right acquired, but without transferring it to another) · az imtina (the act of rejecting or renouncing something as invalid) · ga dearadh (the act of rejecting or renouncing something as invalid) · ja 棄却 (the act of rejecting or renouncing something as invalid) · fi ero (the resignation of an ecclesiastical office) · gd àicheadh (the resignation of an ecclesiastical office) · ru отка́з (the act of rejecting or renouncing something as invalid) · el απάρνηση (the act of rejecting or renouncing something as invalid) · it privazione (the act of rejecting or renouncing something as invalid) · bg отказ (the act of rejecting or renouncing something as invalid) · bg отричане (the resignation of an ecclesiastical office) · sh otkazivanje (the act of rejecting or renouncing something as invalid) · la abdicatio (the act of rejecting or renouncing something as invalid)