renunciation
Hello, you have come here looking for the meaning of the word renunciation. In DICTIOUS you will not only get to know all the dictionary meanings for the word renunciation, but we will also tell you about its etymology, its characteristics and you will know how to say renunciation in singular and plural. Everything you need to know about the word renunciation you have here. The definition of the word renunciation will help you to be more precise and correct when speaking or writing your texts. Knowing the definition ofrenunciation, as well as those of other words, enriches your vocabulary and provides you with more and better linguistic resources.
English
Etymology
From Latin renūntiātiō. Compare renounce.
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.
- 1917, Bertrand Russell, Why Men Fight: A Method of Abolishing the International Duel:
- The life of the spirit demands readiness for renunciation when the occasion arises […] .
- The resignation of an ecclesiastical office.
- The bishop's renunciation was on account of his ill health.
- (law) The act by which a person abandons a right acquired, but without transferring it to another.
- (Christianity) In the Anglican baptismal service, the part in which the candidate in person or by his sureties renounces the Devil and all his works.
Derived terms
Related terms
Translations
the act of rejecting or renouncing something as invalid
|
the resignation of an ecclesiastical office
|
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
See also
Further reading
- “renunciation”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
- “renunciation”, in The Century Dictionary , New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.