renunciation[noun]Synonyms: giving up, abandonment, abdication, abjuration, denial, disavowal, forswearing, rejection, relinquishment, repudiation
Antonyms: retention
Contrasted words: gripping, holding, keeping
Related Words: abjurement,
eschewing,
forbearing,
forgoing,
forswearing,
sacrifice,
self-sacrifice,
rejection,
repudiation,
surrender,
yielding [TahlilGaran] English Synonym Dictionary ▲
re‧nun‧ci‧a‧tion /rɪˌnʌnsiˈeɪʃ
ən/
noun [uncountable and countable][
Date: 1300-1400;
Language: Latin;
Origin: renuntiatio, from renuntiare; ⇒ renounce]
formal when someone makes a formal decision to no longer believe in something, live in a particular way etc ⇒
renouncerenunciation of
Eastern Europe’s renunciation of Communism [TahlilGaran] Dictionary of Contemporary English ▲