renunciation
IPA: rɪnʌnsiˈeɪʃʌn
noun
- The act of rejecting or renouncing something as invalid.
- The resignation of an ecclesiastical office.
- (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.
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Examples of "renunciation" in Sentences
- I am for renunciation of the world.
- The incense stick symbolizes renunciation.
- He was blunt in his renunciation of the world.
- Renunciation means absence of hankering after fruit.
- The judge considered his renunciation of his actions credible.
- The renunciation allowed her to keep her home and possessions.
- A feature of the band is a renunciation of titling their works.
- The forms must be sent through the citizenship renunciation process.
- But the practice of renunciation does not entail the tormenting of the body.
- Likewise, the Aborigines practice renunciation in their allocation of property.
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