renouncement

renouncement
renounce ► VERB 1) formally declare one's abandonment of (a claim, right, or possession). 2) refuse to recognize any longer. 3) abandon (a cause, bad habit, or way of life).
DERIVATIVES renounceable adjective renouncement noun renouncer noun.
ORIGIN Old French renoncer, from Latin renuntiare 'protest against' .

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  • Renouncement — Re*nounce ment ( ment), n. [Cf. F. renoncement.] The act of disclaiming or rejecting; renunciation. Shak. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • renouncement — index abandonment (repudiation), abjuration, ademption, denial, desertion, disclaimer, rebuff, refusal …   Law dictionary

  • renouncement — noun The act of renouncing. His renouncement of his previous position, once it had proven unpopular, did not help his candidacy …   Wiktionary

  • renouncement — noun see renounce …   New Collegiate Dictionary

  • renouncement — See renounce. * * * …   Universalium

  • renouncement — rɪ naÊŠnsmÉ™nt n. abdication, relinquishment by formal declaration; act of forgoing voluntarily; repudiation, abandonment …   English contemporary dictionary

  • renouncement — n. Renunciation …   New dictionary of synonyms

  • renouncement — re·nounce·ment …   English syllables

  • renouncement — noun an act (spoken or written) declaring that something is surrendered or disowned • Syn: ↑renunciation • Derivationally related forms: ↑renounce, ↑renounce (for: ↑renunciation) • Hypernyms: ↑ …   Useful english dictionary

  • self-renouncement — n. * * * …   Universalium

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