English Explanatory Dictionary

renunciation

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. The act of rejecting or renouncing something as invalid.
  2. The resignation of an ecclesiastical office.
  3. The act by which a person abandons a right acquired, but without transferring it to another.
  4. In the Anglican baptismal service, the part in which the candidate in person or by his sureties renounces the Devil and all his works.

Pronunciation

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Word forms

renunciation renunciations

Etymology

From Latin renūntiātiō. Compare renounce.

Synonyms

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

Related words

renouncement abjurement repudiation

Derived words

nonrenunciation self-renunciation
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