RENUNCIATION as NOUN

1. Meaning
   • the act of renouncing
   • sacrificing or giving up or surrendering (a possession or right or title or privilege etc.)
   Synonym(s)
   • forgoing (what does forgoing mean?)
   • forswearing (what does forswearing mean?)
   Hypernyms(s) renunciation is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • rejection (what does rejection mean?)
   Hyponym(s)
   • forsaking (what does forsaking mean?)
   • giving up (what does giving up mean?)
   • abnegation (what does abnegation mean?)
   • self-abnegation (what does self-abnegation mean?)
   • denial (what does denial mean?)
   • self-denial (what does self-denial mean?)
   • self-renunciation (what does self-renunciation mean?)
   Derived(s)
   • abjure (what does abjure mean?)
   • recant (what does recant mean?)
   • forswear (what does forswear mean?)
   • retract (what does retract mean?)
   • resile (what does resile mean?)
   • forgo (what does forgo mean?)
   • give up (what does give up mean?)
   • abdicate (what does abdicate mean?)
   • renounce (what does renounce mean?)
2. Meaning
   • rejecting or disowning or disclaiming as invalid
   Synonym(s)
   • repudiation (what does repudiation mean?)
   Usage Example(s)
   • Congressional repudiation of the treaty that the President had negotiated
   Hypernyms(s) renunciation is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • rejection (what does rejection mean?)
   Hyponym(s)
   • disclaimer (what does disclaimer mean?)
   • disownment (what does disownment mean?)
   • disowning (what does disowning mean?)
   Derived(s)
   • renounce (what does renounce mean?)
   • repudiate (what does repudiate mean?)
   • renounce (what does renounce mean?)
   • repudiate (what does repudiate mean?)
3. Meaning
   • an act (spoken or written) declaring that something is surrendered or disowned
   Synonym(s)
   • renouncement (what does renouncement mean?)
   Hypernyms(s) renunciation is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • resignation (what does resignation mean?)
   Hyponym(s)
   • relinquishment (what does relinquishment mean?)
   • relinquishing (what does relinquishing mean?)
   Derived(s)
   • abdicate (what does abdicate mean?)
   • renounce (what does renounce mean?)
   • renounce (what does renounce mean?)
   • repudiate (what does repudiate mean?)
   • abdicate (what does abdicate mean?)
   • renounce (what does renounce mean?)
   • foreswear (what does foreswear mean?)
   • renounce (what does renounce mean?)
   • quit (what does quit mean?)
   • relinquish (what does relinquish mean?)
4. Meaning
   • the state of having rejected your religious beliefs or your political party or a cause (often in favor of opposing beliefs or causes)
   Synonym(s)
   • apostasy (what does apostasy mean?)
   • defection (what does defection mean?)
   Hypernyms(s) renunciation is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • rejection (what does rejection mean?)
   Derived(s)
   • defect (what does defect mean?)
   • desert (what does desert mean?)