| NOUN | communication | renunciation, repudiation | rejecting or disowning or disclaiming as invalid |
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| state | renunciation, apostasy, defection | the state of having rejected your religious beliefs or your political party or a cause (often in favor of opposing beliefs or causes) | |
| communication | renunciation, renouncement | an act (spoken or written) declaring that something is surrendered or disowned | |
| act | renunciation, forgoing, forswearing | the act of renouncing / renouncing |
| Sounds | rihnah.nsiyey'shahn | |
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| Rhymes | Aachen ... Zukerman: 2572 rhymes with ahn... | |
| Meaning | Rejecting or disowning or disclaiming as invalid. | |
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| Synonym | repudiation | |
| Narrower | disclaimer | (law) a voluntary repudiation of a person's legal claim to something |
| disownment, disowning | refusal to acknowledge as one's own | |
| Broader | rejection | The speech act of rejecting |
| Spanish | renuncia | |
| Catalan | renúncia | |
| Verbs | renounce | cast off |
| Meaning | The state of having rejected your religious beliefs or your political party or a cause (often in favor of opposing beliefs or causes). | |
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| Synonyms | apostasy, defection | |
| Broader | rejection | The state of being rejected |
| Spanish | apostasía, renuncia | |
| Catalan | apostasia, renúncia | |
| Meaning | An act (spoken or written) declaring that something is surrendered or disowned. | |
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| Synonym | renouncement | |
| Narrower | relinquishment, relinquishing | A verbal / verbal act of renouncing / renouncing a claim or right or position etc. |
| Broader | resignation | The act of giving up (a claim or office or possession etc.) |
| Spanish | renunciamiento, renuncia | |
| Catalan | renúncia | |
| Verbs | renounce | turn away from |
| renounce | give up, such as power, as of monarchs and emperors, or duties and obligations | |
| Meaning | The act of renouncing / renouncing; sacrificing or giving up or surrendering (a possession or right or title / title or privilege etc.). | |
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| Synonyms | forgoing, forswearing | |
| Narrower | abnegation, self-abnegation, denial, self-denial, self-renunciation | renunciation of your own interests in favor of the interests of others |
| forsaking, giving up | The act of forsaking | |
| Broader | rejection | The act of rejecting something |
| Spanish | renuncia | |
| Catalan | renúncia | |
| Verbs | renounce | give up, such as power, as of monarchs and emperors, or duties and obligations |
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