Renunciation
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Renunciation is a noun meaning The act of rejecting or renouncing something as invalid.
Meaning
The act of rejecting or renouncing something as invalid.
More Meanings
- The resignation of an ecclesiastical office.
- (law) The act by which a person abandons a right acquired, but without transferring it to another.
- (Christianity) In the Anglican baptismal service, the part in which the candidate in person or by his sureties renounces the Devil and all his works.
Example Sentences
The bishop's renunciation was on account of his ill health.
The President's renunciation of the treaty has upset Congress.
The life of the spirit demands readiness for renunciation when the occasion arises […].
Word Forms
- renunciations
Synonyms for renunciation
Depending on context, synonyms include nonapproval, rejection, annulment, invalidation, abnegation, declination.
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include renouncement, forswearing, apostasy, repudiation, defection, forgoing.
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