renunciation

Noun

Meaning

The act of renouncing.

Formal declination to take out letters of administration, or to assume an office, privilege, or right.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

renouncement apostasy rejection denial abandonment defection disclaimer repudiation abjuration relinquishment disavowal recantation forswearing forgoing temperance
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Antonyms

yes right passage approval reception commitment
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Hypernyms

resignation rejection

Hyponyms

forsaking denial disclaimer self-denial relinquishment abnegation

Related terms

renouncement

Phrases with the word

renunciation of violence renunciation of

Examples

Love is the fruit of prayer ... Patiently abiding in prayer signifies a man's renunciation of himself. Therefore the self-denial of the soul turns into love for God. Isaac the Syrian

Commitment becomes hysterical when those who have nothing to give advocate generosity, and those who have nothing to give up preach renunciation. Eric Hoffer

Attention to detail and a perfectionist instinct, far from stimulating action, are character qualities that lead to renunciation. Better to dream than to be. Fernando Pessoa

Renunciation remains sorrow, though a sorrow borne willingly. Charles Dickens

What is marriage, is marriage protection or religion, is marriage renunciation or abundance, is marriage a stepping-stone or an end. What is marriage. Gertrude Stein

On what must an elite be founded? a) Purity of soul. b) Capacity of work and creativity. c) Bravery. d) Tough living and permanent warring against difficulties facing the nation. e) Poverty, namely voluntary renunciation of amassing a fortune. f) Faith in God. g) Love. Corneliu Zelea Codreanu

Close letter words and terms

renunciance renunciant renunciate renunciation of renunciation of violence renunciative