renunciation

== English == === Etymology === From Latin renūntiātiō. Compare renounce. === Pronunciation === === Noun === renunciation (countable and uncountable, plural renunciations) The act of rejecting or renouncing something as invalid. Synonyms: nonapproval, rejection; annulment, invalidation; see also Thesaurus:disapproval, Thesaurus:invalidation The President's renunciation of the treaty has upset Congress. The resignation of an ecclesiastical office. The bishop's renunciation was on account of his ill health. (law) The act by which a person abandons a right acquired, but without transferring it to another. (Christianity) In the Anglican baptismal service, the part in which the candidate in person or by his sureties renounces the Devil and all his works. ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Related terms ==== renouncement ==== Translations ==== ==== See also ==== abjurement repudiation ==== Further reading ==== “renunciation”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC. William Dwight Whitney, Benjamin Eli Smith, editors (1895–1910), “renunciation”, in The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia: […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., →OCLC.