renunciation Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun rejecting or disowning or disclaiming as invalid
    repudiation.
    • Congressional repudiation of the treaty that the President had negotiated
  2. noun the state of having rejected your religious beliefs or your political party or a cause (often in favor of opposing beliefs or causes)
    defection; apostasy.
  3. noun an act (spoken or written) declaring that something is surrendered or disowned
    renouncement.
  4. noun the act of renouncing; sacrificing or giving up or surrendering (a possession or right or title or privilege etc.)
    forswearing; forgoing.

WordNet

Re*nun`ci*a"tion noun
Etymology
Cf. F. renonciation, L. renuntiatio ann announcement. See Renounce.
Definitions
  1. The act of renouncing.
  2. (Law) Formal declination to take out letters of administration, or to assume an office, privilege, or right. Syn. -- Renouncement; disownment; disavowal; disavowment; disclaimer; rejection; abjuration; recantation; denial; abandonment; relinquishment.

Webster 1913