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==English==
==English==
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===Etymology===
From {{der|en|la|renūntiātiō}}. Compare {{m|en|renounce}}.


===Noun===
===Noun===
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# the act of [[reject|rejecting]] or [[renounce|renouncing]] something as [[invalid]]
# The act of [[reject]]ing or [[renounce|renouncing]] something as [[invalid]].
#: ''The President's '''renunciation''' of the treaty has upset Congress.''
#: {{uxi|en|The President's '''renunciation''' of the treaty has upset Congress.}}
#: ''The life of the spirit demands readiness for '''renunciation''' when the occasion arises...''<!--Bertrand Russell, ''Why Men Fight: A Method of Abolishing the International Duel'' (1917)-->
#* {{quote-book|en|year=1917 |author=w:Bertrand Russell |title=Why Men Fight: A Method of Abolishing the International Duel |text=The life of the spirit demands readiness for '''renunciation''' when the occasion arises {{...}}.}}
# the [[resignation]] of an [[ecclesiastical]] office
# The [[resignation]] of an [[ecclesiastical]] office.
#: ''The bishop's '''renunciation''' was on account of his ill health.''
#: {{uxi|en|The bishop's '''renunciation''' was on account of his ill health.}}
# {{lb|en|legal}} The act by which a person [[abandon]]s a [[right]] acquired, but without [[transfer]]ring it to another.
# {{lb|en|law}} The act by which a person [[abandon]]s a [[right]] acquired, but without [[transfer]]ring it to another.
# {{lb|en|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.
# {{lb|en|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]].

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* {{l|en|self-renunciation}}


====Related terms====
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====Translations====
====Translations====
{{trans-top|the act of rejecting or renouncing something as invalid}}
{{trans-top|the act of rejecting or renouncing something as invalid}}
* Bulgarian: {{t+|bg|отказ|m}}
* Dutch: {{t+|nl|verwerping|f}}
* Finnish: {{t+|fi|hylkääminen}}
* Finnish: {{t+|fi|hylkääminen}}
* French: {{t+|fr|renonciation}}
* Greek: {{t+|el|απάρνηση|f}}, {{t|el|αποκύρηξη|f}}
* Greek: {{t+|el|απάρνηση|f}}, {{t|el|αποκύρηξη|f}}
* Irish: {{t|ga|dearadh|m}}
* Irish: {{t|ga|dearadh|m}}
* Italian: {{t+|it|rinuncia|f}}, {{t+|it|privazione|f}}
* Japanese: {{t+|ja|放棄|tr=hōki|sc=Jpan}}, {{t+|ja|棄却|tr=kikyaku|sc=Jpan}}
* Japanese: {{t+|ja|放棄|tr=hōki|sc=Jpan}}, {{t+|ja|棄却|tr=kikyaku|sc=Jpan}}
* Latin: {{t|la|abdicatio|f}}
* Latin: {{t|la|abdicatio|f}}
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* Norwegian: {{t+|no|avvisning|m}}
* Norwegian: {{t+|no|avvisning|m}}
* Russian: {{t+|ru|отка́з|m}}, {{t+|ru|отрече́ние|n}}
* Russian: {{t+|ru|отка́з|m}}, {{t+|ru|отрече́ние|n}}
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* Serbo-Croatian: {{t|sh|odbacivanje}}, {{t|sh|otkazivanje}}, {{t+|sh|odricanje}}
* Serbo-Croatian: {{t|sh|odbacivanje}}, {{t|sh|otkazivanje}}, {{t+|sh|odricanje}}
* Tagalog: {{t|tl|halugamit}} {{qualifier|of rights}}
* Tagalog: {{t|tl|halugamit}} {{qualifier|of rights}}
* Tocharian B: {{t|txb|rilläññe}}
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{{trans-top|the resignation of an ecclesiastical office}}
{{trans-top|the resignation of an ecclesiastical office}}
* Bulgarian: {{t+|bg|отричане|n}}
* Dutch: {{t+|nl|verloochening|f}}
* Finnish: {{t+|fi|ero}}, {{t+|fi|eroaminen}}
* Finnish: {{t+|fi|ero}}, {{t+|fi|eroaminen}}
* Greek: {{t|el|αποκύρηξη|f}}
* Greek: {{t|el|αποκύρηξη|f}}
* Italian: {{t+|it|abdicazione|f}}, {{t+|it|abiura|f}}
* Russian: {{t+|ru|отреше́ние|n}}, {{t+|ru|отрече́ние|n}}
* Russian: {{t+|ru|отреше́ние|n}}, {{t+|ru|отрече́ние|n}}
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* Scottish Gaelic: {{t|gd|àicheadh|m}}
* Scottish Gaelic: {{t|gd|àicheadh|m}}
* Serbo-Croatian: {{t+|sh|odrješenje}}
* Serbo-Croatian: {{t+|sh|odrješenje}}
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{{trans-top|the act by which a person abandons a right acquired, but without transferring it to another}}
{{trans-top|the act by which a person abandons a right acquired, but without transferring it to another}}
* Dutch: {{t+|nl|verzaking|f}}
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* Italian: {{t+|it|abbandono|m}}
* Norwegian:
*: Bokmål: {{t+|nb|abandon|m}}
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{{trans-top|in the Anglican baptismal service, the part in which the candidate in person or by his sureties renounces the Devil and all his works}}
{{trans-top|in the Anglican baptismal service, the part in which the candidate in person or by his sureties renounces the Devil and all his works}}
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* {{R:Century 1911}}
* {{R:Century 1911}}


[[Category:English 5-syllable words]]
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Latest revision as of 04:10, 28 September 2024

English

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English Wikipedia has an article on:
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Etymology

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From Latin renūntiātiō. Compare renounce.

Noun

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renunciation (countable and uncountable, plural renunciations)

  1. 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 [] .
  2. The resignation of an ecclesiastical office.
    The bishop's renunciation was on account of his ill health.
  3. (law) The act by which a person abandons a right acquired, but without transferring it to another.
  4. (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

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Translations

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