renunciation
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noun
- The act of rejecting or renouncing something as invalid“The President's renunciation of the treaty has upset Congress.”
- The resignation of an ecclesiastical office“The bishop's renunciation was on account of his ill health.”
- The act by which a person abandons a right acquired, but without transferring it to another.
- In the Anglican baptismal service, the part in which the candidate in person or by his sureties renounces the Devil and all his works.
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renouncementforswearingapostasyrepudiationdefectionforgoingabdicationresignationabandondisclaimerrelinquishmentabandonmentrevocationcancellationdesertionwaiver
Associated
asceticsworldlyasceticismrenounceupanishadstatelessnaturalizationcitizenshipcelibacyasceticpleasuresvedanta