renunciation
renunciation noun: the act of rejecting or renouncing something as invalid.
Noun
renunciation (countable and uncountable, plural renunciations)
- The act of rejecting or renouncing something as invalid.
- The President's renunciation of the treaty has upset Congress.
- The life of the spirit demands readiness for renunciation when the occasion arises […].1917, Bertrand Russell, Why Men Fight: A Method of Abolishing the International Duel
- Synonyms:
- nonapproval, rejection, annulment, invalidation, abnegation, declination, denial, turndown, disapproval, dissension
- The resignation of an ecclesiastical office.
- The bishop's renunciation was on account of his ill health.
- The act by which a person abandons a right acquired, but without transferring it to another.
- In the Anglican baptismal service, the part in which the candidate in person or by his sureties renounces the Devil and all his works.
renunciation meaning in Tamil, Urdu, Malayalam and Kannada
renunciation in Tamil
- தன்னல மறுப்பு, துறவு
renunciation in Urdu
- دست برداری
renunciation in Malayalam
- renunciation
- ത്യാഗം tyāgaṁ
renunciation in Kannada
- renunciation, giving up
- ತ್ಯಾಗ tyāga
More languagesFewer languages
- renunciation in Sanskrit
- त्याग tyāga
- renunciation in Tagalog
- halugamit
Examples of renunciation in a sentence
- Pawning the altarcloth powerfully symbolized this renunciation of the abbey's liberty.
- “Fourth stage only is sannyasa, complete and total renunciation.”
- The path of renunciation has many sideroads.
Synonyms of renunciation
- nonapproval
- rejection
- annulment
- invalidation
- abnegation
- declination
- denial
- turndown
- disapproval
- dissension
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Forms of renunciation
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Origin of renunciation
From Latin renūntiātiō. Compare renounce.
Words formed from renunciation
Questions about renunciation
- What does renunciation mean?
- Renunciation means the act of rejecting or renouncing something as invalid.
- What is renunciation in Tamil?
- Renunciation in Tamil is தன்னல மறுப்பு, துறவு. See Renunciation meaning in Tamil.
- What part of speech is renunciation?
- Renunciation is a noun.
- What is the plural of renunciation?
- The plural of renunciation is renunciations.
Words near renunciation in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: renunciation (page history and authors); renunciation (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); renunciation (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); ത്യാഗം (Malayalam) (page history and authors); ತ್ಯಾಗ (Kannada) (page history and authors); त्याग (Sanskrit) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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