renouncement

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{n} the act of renouncing, hate
The act of renouncing
The act of disclaiming or rejecting; renunciation
an act (spoken or written) declaring that something is surrendered or disowned
{i} abdication, relinquishment by formal declaration; act of forgoing voluntarily; repudiation, abandonment
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An act of [[#Verb|renouncing]]
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To give up, resign, surrender
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To surrender formally some right or trust
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To make a renunciation of something
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To decline further association with someone or something, disown
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If you renounce a belief or a way of behaving, you decide and declare publicly that you no longer have that belief or will no longer behave in that way. After a period of imprisonment she renounced terrorism
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{v} to disown, disclaim, give up, quit
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{n} the act of not following suit
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leave (a job, post, post, or position) voluntarily; "She vacated the position when she got pregnant"; "The chairman resigned when he was found to have misappropriated funds"
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give up, such as power, as of monarchs and emperors, or duties and obligations; "The King abdicated when he married a divorcee"
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To make renunciation
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To cast off, repudiate
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cast off or disown; "She renounced her husband"; "The parents repudiated their son"
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Act of renouncing
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To decline further association with someone or something
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To declare against; to reject or decline formally; to refuse to own or acknowledge as belonging to one; to disclaim; as, to renounce a title to land or to a throne
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To fail to follow suit; playing a card of a different suit when having no card of the suit led
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To decline formally, as an executor or a person entitled to letters of administration, to take out probate or letters
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turn away from; give up; "I am foreswearing women forever"
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To abandon, forsake, discontinue (an action, habit, intention, etc), sometimes by open declaration
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To disclaim having a card of (the suit led) by playing a card of another suit
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{f} abdicate, relinquish by formal declaration; forgo voluntarily; repudiate, forsake, abandon
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To cast off or reject deliberately; to disown; to dismiss; to forswear
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An act of renouncing
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cast off or disown; "She renounced her husband"; "The parents repudiated their son
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If you renounce a claim, rank, or title, you officially give it up. He renounced his claim to the French throne. = give up
renouncement

    Hyphenation

    re·nounce·ment

    Pronunciation

    Etymology

    [ ri-'naun(t)s ] (verb.) 14th century. Middle English, from Middle French renoncer, from Latin renuntiare, from re- + nuntiare to report, from nuntius messenger.
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