English noun: renunciation |
1. | renunciation (communication) rejecting or disowning or disclaiming as invalid |
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| Samples | Congressional repudiation of the treaty that the President had negotiated.
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| Synonyms | repudiation |
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| Broader (hypernym) | rejection |
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| Narrower (hyponym) | disclaimer, disowning, disownment |
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2. | renunciation (state) the state of having rejected your religious beliefs or your political party or a cause (often in favor of opposing beliefs or causes) |
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| Synonyms | apostasy, defection |
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| Broader (hypernym) | rejection |
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3. | renunciation (communication) an act (spoken or written) declaring that something is surrendered or disowned |
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| Synonyms | renouncement |
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| Broader (hypernym) | resignation |
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| Narrower (hyponym) | relinquishing, relinquishment |
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4. | renunciation (act) the act of renouncing; sacrificing or giving up or surrendering (a possession or right or title or privilege etc.) |
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| Synonyms | forgoing, forswearing |
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| Broader (hypernym) | rejection |
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| Narrower (hyponym) | abnegation, denial, forsaking, giving up, self-abnegation, self-denial, self-renunciation |
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