renunciation
[noun]
Synonyms: giving up, abandonment, abdication, abjuration, denial, disavowal, forswearing, rejection, relinquishment, repudiation

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Antonyms: retention
Contrasted words: gripping, holding, keeping
Related Words: abjurement, eschewing, forbearing, forgoing, forswearing, sacrifice, self-sacrifice, rejection, repudiation, surrender, yielding

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re‧nun‧ci‧a‧tion /rɪˌnʌnsiˈeɪʃən/ noun [uncountable and countable]
[Date: 1300-1400; Language: Latin; Origin: renuntiatio, from renuntiare; ⇒ renounce]
formal when someone makes a formal decision to no longer believe in something, live in a particular way etc ⇒ renounce
renunciation of
Eastern Europe’s renunciation of Communism

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