renunciation

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Noun

renunciation (plural renunciations)

1. the act of rejecting or renouncing something as invalid

   The President's renunciation of the treaty has upset Congress.

2. the resignation of an ecclesiastical office

   The bishop's renunciation was on account of his ill health.

Related terms

• renouncement

See also

• abjurement
• repudiation

Translations

the act of rejecting or renouncing something as invalid

• Finnish: hylkääminen (fi)
• Irish: dearadh (ga) m
• Japanese: 放棄 (ja) (hōki), 棄却 (ja) (kikyaku)
• Norwegian: avvisning (no) m

• Russian: отказ (ru) (otkáz) m, отречение (ru) (otrečénije) n
• Scottish Gaelic: àicheadh (gd) m
• Serbo-Croatian: odbacivanje (sh), otkazivanje (sh), odricanje (sh)

the resignation of an ecclesiastical office

• Finnish: ero (fi), eroaminen (fi)
• Russian: отрешение (ru) (otrešénije) n, отречение (ru) (otrečénije) n

• Scottish Gaelic: àicheadh (gd) m
• Serbo-Croatian: odrješenje (sh)

External links

• renunciation in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
• renunciation in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911