renunciation

renunciation
renunciative, renunciatory /ri nun"see euh tawr'ee, -tohr'ee, -shee euh-/, adj.
/ri nun'see ay"sheuhn, -shee-/, n.
an act or instance of relinquishing, abandoning, repudiating, or sacrificing something, as a right, title, person, or ambition: the king's renunciation of the throne.
[1350-1400; ME < L renunciation- (s. of renunciatio) proclamation, equiv. to renunciat(us) (ptp. of renuntiare to RENOUNCE) + -ion- -ION]
Syn. abandonment, repudiation, denial, disavowal, forgoing.

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