renunciation
pronunciation
How to pronounce renunciation in British English:
UK [rɪˌnʌnsiˈeɪʃn]
How to pronounce renunciation in American English:
US [rɪˌnʌnsiˈeʃən]
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- Noun:
- rejecting or disowning or disclaiming as invalid
- the state of having rejected your religious beliefs or your political party or a cause (often in favor of opposing beliefs or causes)
- an act (spoken or written) declaring that something is surrendered or disowned
- the act of renouncing; sacrificing or giving up or surrendering (a possession or right or title or privilege etc.)
Word Origin
- renunciation (n.)
- late 14c., "action of renouncing," from Latin renuntiationem (nominative renuntiatio), noun of action from past participle stem of renuntiare "renounce" (see renounce).
Example
- 1. By default I mean a renunciation of most of its foreign , but not necessarily domestic , debt .
- 2. Her nunlike renunciation of normal life should be seen in the context of a culture in which epileptics were forbidden-by law in some states-to marry .
- 3. Their renunciation was to be mental .
- 4. The renunciation of all earthly pleasures .
- 5. The long-awaited international renunciation of the dollar has begun .