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Definition of Renunciation
1. Noun. Rejecting or disowning or disclaiming as invalid. "Congressional repudiation of the treaty that the President had negotiated"
Generic synonyms: Rejection
Specialized synonyms: Disclaimer, Disowning, Disownment
Derivative terms: Renounce, Repudiate
2. Noun. The state of having rejected your religious beliefs or your political party or a cause (often in favor of opposing beliefs or causes).
3. Noun. An act (spoken or written) declaring that something is surrendered or disowned.
Generic synonyms: Resignation
Specialized synonyms: Relinquishing, Relinquishment
Derivative terms: Renounce, Renounce, Renounce, Renounce
4. Noun. The act of renouncing; sacrificing or giving up or surrendering (a possession or right or title or privilege etc.).
Generic synonyms: Rejection
Specialized synonyms: Forsaking, Giving Up, Abnegation, Denial, Self-abnegation, Self-denial, Self-renunciation
Derivative terms: Forswear, Renounce
Definition of Renunciation
1. n. The act of renouncing.
Definition of Renunciation
1. Noun. the act of rejecting or renouncing something as invalid ¹
2. Noun. the resignation of an ecclesiastical office ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Renunciation
1. [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Renunciation
Literary usage of Renunciation
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Treatise on the Law of Executors and Administrators by Edward Vaughan Williams, Roland Lomax Vaughan Williams, Joseph Fitz Randolph, William Talcott (1895)
"It was the practice of the prerogative office of Canterbury not to receive the
renunciation of a party, unless it be accom- ^« ..."
2. The Law of Contracts by William Herbert Page (1921)
"renunciation of part of contract. It is sometimes said that renunciation can not
be regarded as a breach unless it is renunciation of the entire contract, ..."
3. The History of Modern Europe: With an Account of the Decline & Fall of the by William Russell, Charles Coote (1822)
"Louis was, at last, under the necessity of complying; and it was agreed, that
the renunciation of Philip should be registered in the books- of the ..."
4. The Cambridge Modern History by John Emerich Edward Dalberg Acton Acton, Adolphus William Ward, George Walter Prothero, Ernest Alfred Benians (1907)
"There exist even certain indications that he gave his renunciation mainly in view
of the abdication of Alexander himself, a step which, in his later years, ..."
5. International Law: A Treatise by Lassa Oppenheim (1920)
"renunciation is the deliberate abandonment R >f ... on the •art of a State does
not imply renunciation ; this occurs >nly when a State remains silent, ..."
6. International Law: A Treatise by Lassa Oppenheim (1912)
"renunciation plays a prominent part in the amicable settlement of differences
between States, either one or both parties frequently renouncing their claims ..."
7. Handbook of the Law of Contracts by William Lawrence Clark, Francis Buchanan Tiffany (1904)
"SAME—renunciation OF CONTRACT. 239. renunciation of a contract by one of the
parties before the time for performance discharges the other party if he co ..."
8. The Diplomatic Protection of Citizens Abroad: Or, The Law of International by Edwin Montefiore Borchard (1915)
"Acts from which renunciation of Citizenship may be Implied. Besides formal
naturalization abroad, which was always admitted by the political department of ..."
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