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renunciation
noun
1 renunciation
Rejecting or disowning or disclaiming as invalid.
synonym: repudiation.
Roget 927a:
exemption,
freedom,
irresponsibility,
immunity,
liberty,
license,
release,
exoneration,
excuse,
dispensation,
absolution,
franchise,
renunciation,
discharge;
exculpation
etc.
970.
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Roget 757:
resignation,
retirement,
abdication,
renunciation,
abjuration;
abandonment,
relinquishment.
Roget 782:
relinquishment,
abandonment
etc.
(of a course)
624;
renunciation,
expropriation†,
dereliction;
cession,
surrender,
dispensation;
quitclaim deed;
resignation
etc.
757;
riddance.
derelict
etc.
adj.;
foundling;
jetsam,
waif.
discards,
culls,
rejects;
garbage,
refuse,
rubbish.
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2 renunciation
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.
Roget 607:
change of mind,
change of intention,
change of purpose;
afterthought.
tergiversation,
recantation;
palinode,
palinody†;
renunciation;
abjuration†,
abjurement;
defection
etc.
(relinquishment)
624;
going over
etc.
v.;
apostasy;
retraction,
retractation†;
withdrawal;
disavowal
etc.
(negation)
536;
revocation,
revokement†;
reversal;
repentance
etc.
950;
redintegratio amoris [Lat.].
coquetry;
vacillation
etc.
605;
backsliding;
volte-face [Fr.].
turn coat,
turn tippet†;
rat,
apostate,
renegade;
convert,
pervert;
proselyte,
deserter;
backslider;
blackleg,
crawfish [U.S.],
scab [Slang],
mugwump [U.S.],
recidivist.
time server,
time pleaser†;
timist†,
Vicar of Bray,
trimmer,
ambidexter†;
weathercock
etc.
(changeable)
149;
Janus.
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Roget 624:
relinquishment,
abandonment;
desertion,
defection,
secession,
withdrawal;
cave of Adullam†;
nolle prosequi [Lat.].
discontinuance
etc.
(cessation)
142;
renunciation
etc.
(recantation)
607;
abrogation
etc.
756;
resignation
etc.
(retirement)
757;
desuetude
etc.
614;
cession
etc.
(of property)
782.
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Dutch: afvalligheid
Polish: apostazja, odstępstwo, odszczepieństwo
3 renunciation
An act (spoken or written) declaring that something is surrendered or disowned.
synonym: renouncement.
Dutch: verloochening
Polish: zarzeknięcie się, zażegnanie się
4 renunciation
The act of renouncing; sacrificing or giving up or surrendering (a possession or right or title or privilege etc.).
synonyms: forgoing, forswearing.
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