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renunciation

 

  2  definitions  found 
 
  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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