renunciation

English

Noun

renunciation (plural renunciations)

1. the act of rejecting or renouncing something as invalid

   The President's renunciation of the treaty has upset Congress.

2. the resignation of an ecclesiastical office

   The bishop's renunciation was on account of his ill health.

Related terms

• renouncement

See also

• abjurement
• repudiation

Translations

the act of rejecting or renouncing something as invalid

• Finnish: hylkääminen
• Greek: απάρνηση (el) f (apárnisi)
• Irish: dearadh m
• Japanese: 放棄 (ja) (hōki), 棄却 (ja) (kikyaku)
• Norwegian: avvisning (no) m
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Russian: отка́з (ru) m (otkáz), отрече́ние (ru) n (otrečénije)
• Scottish Gaelic: àicheadh m
• Serbo-Croatian: odbacivanje, otkazivanje, odricanje

the resignation of an ecclesiastical office

• Finnish: ero (fi), eroaminen
• Russian: отреше́ние (ru) n (otrešénije), отрече́ние (ru) n (otrečénije)
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Scottish Gaelic: àicheadh m
• Serbo-Croatian: odrješenje

External links

• “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.