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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Renunciation \Re*nun`ci*a"tion\ (r?-n?n`s?-?"sh?n or
-sh?-?"sh?n; 277), n. [Cf. F. renonciation, L. renuntiatio
ann announcement. See {Renounce}.]
1. The act of renouncing.
2. (Law) Formal declination to take out letters of
administration, or to assume an office, privilege, or
right
Syn: Renouncement; disownment; disavowal; disavowment;
disclaimer; rejection; abjuration; recantation; denial;
abandonment; relinquishment.
From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]:
renunciation
n 1: rejecting as invalid [syn: {repudiation}]
2: the state of having rejected your religious beliefs [syn: {apostasy},
{defection}]
3: a verbal act of renouncing [syn: {renouncement}]
4: the act of renouncing [syn: {forgoing}, {forswearing}]
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