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renunciation
 
Noun renunciation has 4 senses
  1. repudiation, renunciation - rejecting or disowning or disclaiming as invalid; "Congressional repudiation of the treaty that the President had negotiated"
    --1 is a kind of rejection
    --1 has particulars: disclaimer; disownment, disowning
    Derived form: verb renounce4
  2. apostasy, renunciation, defection - the state of having rejected your religious beliefs or your political party or a cause (often in favor of opposing beliefs or causes)
    --2 is a kind of rejection
  3. renunciation, renouncement - an act (spoken or written) declaring that something is surrendered or disowned
    --3 is a kind of resignation
    --3 has particulars: relinquishment, relinquishing
    Derived forms: verb renounce1, verb renounce3
  4. renunciation, forgoing, forswearing - the act of renouncing; sacrificing or giving up or surrendering (a possession or right or title or privilege etc.)
    --4 is a kind of rejection
    --4 has particulars:
     forsaking, giving up; abnegation, self-abnegation, denial, self-denial, self-renunciation
    Derived form: verb renounce1
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