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Meaning of renunciation

Source language: EnglishDictionary language: English

renunciation

noun

Definitions

  1. The act of rejecting or renouncing something as invalid

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

  2. The resignation of an ecclesiastical office

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

  3. The act by which a person abandons a right acquired, but without transferring it to another.

  4. In the Anglican baptismal service, the part in which the candidate in person or by his sureties renounces the Devil and all his works.