renouncement
1
8.9
- noun
- /rɪˈnaʊnsmənt/
- Formal
:
renuncia
- After much reflection, he made a renouncement of his ownership stake in the business.
Examples
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Her public renouncement of the company's unethical practices shocked many employees.
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But I bet if you visit the US too much, they'll get suspicious of your renouncement, which is hard to get in the first place.
Blog text (34) -
The longing for the lady he had briefly met is already embedded in renouncement.
Academic text (1993) -
But deregulation doesn't mean complete renouncement of state interventions.
Academic text (2018) -
Some sections dealing with sexuality, marriage, renouncement, and the burning of Jeanne d'Arc for wearing men's clothing, the Abbess chose to pass over.
Fiction book (1999) -
These transformations do not occur spontaneously, but rather are based on motivation to change, exposure, and receptiveness to "hooks" or prosocial alternatives, the development of a replacement self, and a renouncement of deviant behaviors as desirable.
Academic text (2009) -
The senator issued a formal renouncement of his previous claims regarding the budget.
Synonyms
102
4.1
Something given up in a negotiation to reach an agreement
59
5.5
A document that gives up a right or claim
6
5.9
Giving up ownership of property with no plan to take it back
5
8.3
Giving up in a fight or war under agreed terms
4
9.9
To give up a belief for moral or religious reasons
2
8.2
An official act of giving up a right, claim, or thing you own
2
9.0
A public statement saying you no longer believe something you said before
1
8.2
The act of giving up a right, position, or responsibility
1
9.0
To give up land, rights, or property by a formal agreement
1
7.7
Giving up a right, job, or thing you own
An official public rejection of a belief or earlier statement
The act of giving up a right or claim in public
Giving up something you could have, like a right or pleasure
Admitting you have lost or accepting that others are right
How Abandoned
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Renouncement comes from renounce, which shares its root with announce ('to say' or 'tell') and the part re-. It once meant to 'declare' something openly, so a renouncement is a formal 'saying that you give up' a right, title, or claim.