abrenunciation
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From either Old French abrenonciation or from Late Latin abrenuntiatio, from Late Latin abrenuntiatiō, from ab + renuntiatiō (“to renounce”).[1][2]
- See abrenounce.
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
abrenunciation (plural abrenunciations)
- (archaic) Absolute renunciation; repudiation; retraction. [First attested in the mid 16th century.][1]
- 1842, Fuller, The Church History of Britain:
- an abrenunciation of that truth which he so long had professed, and still believed
Translations[edit]
absolute renunciation; repudiation
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References[edit]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Lesley Brown, editor-in-chief, William R. Trumble and Angus Stevenson, editors (2002), “abrenunciation”, in The Shorter Oxford English Dictionary on Historical Principles, 5th edition, Oxford, New York, N.Y.: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 8.
- ^ Philip Babcock Gove (editor), Webster's Third International Dictionary of the English Language, Unabridged (G. & C. Merriam Co., 1976 [1909], →ISBN), page 5
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