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The act of rejecting or renouncing something as invalid.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
Examples
The President's renunciation of the treaty has upset Congress.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: nonapproval, rejection, annulment, invalidation, abnegation, declination, denial, turndown, disapproval, dissension, nonassent, nonconsent, prohibition, refusal, renunciation, repudiation, unapproval, unconsent, abolition, abrogation, cancellation, deauthentication, devalidation, nullification, revocation, termination, vitiation
Antonyms: none provided
The resignation of an ecclesiastical office.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
Examples
The bishop's renunciation was on account of his ill health.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
The act by which a person abandons a right acquired, but without transferring it to another.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
Topics: law
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
In the Anglican baptismal service, the part in which the candidate in person or by his sureties renounces the Devil and all his works.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
Topics: Christianity
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
the act of renouncing; sacrificing or giving up or surrendering (a possession or right or title or privilege etc.)
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: forgoing, forswearing
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: rejection
Narrower terms: forsaking, giving up, abnegation, self-abnegation, denial, self-denial, self-renunciation
rejecting or disowning or disclaiming as invalid
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
Congressional repudiation of the treaty that the President had negotiated
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: repudiation
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: rejection
Narrower terms: disclaimer, disownment, disowning
an act (spoken or written) declaring that something is surrendered or disowned
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: renouncement
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: resignation
Narrower terms: relinquishment, relinquishing
the state of having rejected your religious beliefs or your political party or a cause (often in favor of opposing beliefs or causes)
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: apostasy, defection
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: rejection
From Latin renūntiātiō. Compare renounce.
Across languages
Translations 37 source translations are retained for this English entry.
Azerbaijani :
imtina
— the act of rejecting or renouncing something as invalid
Azerbaijani :
üz döndərmə
— the act of rejecting or renouncing something as invalid
Bulgarian :
отказ
(otkaz)
— the act of rejecting or renouncing something as invalid
Dutch :
verwerping
— the act of rejecting or renouncing something as invalid
Finnish :
hylkääminen
— the act of rejecting or renouncing something as invalid
French :
renonciation
— the act of rejecting or renouncing something as invalid
Greek :
απάρνηση
(apárnisi)
— the act of rejecting or renouncing something as invalid
Greek :
αποκύρηξη
(apokýrixi)
— the act of rejecting or renouncing something as invalid
Irish :
dearadh
— the act of rejecting or renouncing something as invalid
Italian :
rinuncia
— the act of rejecting or renouncing something as invalid
Italian :
privazione
— the act of rejecting or renouncing something as invalid
Japanese :
放棄
(hōki)
— the act of rejecting or renouncing something as invalid
Japanese :
棄却
(kikyaku)
— the act of rejecting or renouncing something as invalid
Latin :
abdicatio
— the act of rejecting or renouncing something as invalid
Norwegian :
avvisning
— the act of rejecting or renouncing something as invalid
Russian :
отка́з
(otkáz)
— the act of rejecting or renouncing something as invalid
Russian :
отрече́ние
(otrečénije)
— the act of rejecting or renouncing something as invalid
Scottish Gaelic :
àicheadh
— the act of rejecting or renouncing something as invalid
Serbo-Croatian :
odbacivanje
— the act of rejecting or renouncing something as invalid
Serbo-Croatian :
otkazivanje
— the act of rejecting or renouncing something as invalid
Serbo-Croatian :
odricanje
— the act of rejecting or renouncing something as invalid
Tagalog :
halugamit
— the act of rejecting or renouncing something as invalid
Tocharian B :
rilläññe
— the act of rejecting or renouncing something as invalid
Bulgarian :
отричане
(otričane)
— the resignation of an ecclesiastical office
Dutch :
verloochening
— the resignation of an ecclesiastical office
Finnish :
ero
— the resignation of an ecclesiastical office
Finnish :
eroaminen
— the resignation of an ecclesiastical office
Greek :
αποκύρηξη
(apokýrixi)
— the resignation of an ecclesiastical office
Italian :
abdicazione
— the resignation of an ecclesiastical office
Italian :
abiura
— the resignation of an ecclesiastical office
Russian :
отреше́ние
(otrešénije)
— the resignation of an ecclesiastical office
Russian :
отрече́ние
(otrečénije)
— the resignation of an ecclesiastical office
Scottish Gaelic :
àicheadh
— the resignation of an ecclesiastical office
Serbo-Croatian :
odrješenje
— the resignation of an ecclesiastical office
Dutch :
verzaking
— the act by which a person abandons a right acquired, but without transferring it to another
Italian :
abbandono
— the act by which a person abandons a right acquired, but without transferring it to another
Norwegian Bokmål :
abandon
— the act by which a person abandons a right acquired, but without transferring it to another
