renunciation

n.

1. The act or an instance of renouncing: the renunciation of all earthly pleasures.
2. A declaration in which something is renounced.

[Middle English, from Anglo-Norman renunciacion, from Latin renūntiātiō, renūntiātiōn-, from renūntiātus, past participle of renūntiāre, to renounce. See renounce.]

renunciative re·nun'ci·a'tive or re·nun'ci·a·to'ry (-ə-tôr'ē, -tōr'ē) adj.

noun

A giving up of a possession, claim, or right: abandonment, abdication, demission, quitclaim, relinquishment, resignation, surrender, waiver. See keep/release.

n

Definition: abandonment, rejection
Antonyms: allowance, approval, assertion, condonement, reassertion

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This entry contains information applicable to United States law only.

The abandonment of a right; repudiation; rejection.

The renunciation of a right, power, or privilege involves a total divestment thereof; the right, power, or privilege cannot be transferred to anyone else. For example, when an individual becomes a citizen of a new country, that individual must ordinarily renounce his or her citizenship in the old country.

Dansk (Danish)
n. - frafald, afkald, tilbagetrædelse (jur.)

Nederlands (Dutch)
afstandsverklaring, zelfopoffering, verzaking

Français (French)
n. - reniement, renoncement, renonciation, répudiation

Deutsch (German)
n. - Verzicht, Aufgabe, Verstoßung, Selbstverleugnung, Aufkündigung

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - αποκήρυξη, απάρνηση, αποποίηση

Italiano (Italian)
rinuncia

Português (Portuguese)
n. - renúncia (f)

Русский (Russian)
отречение, отрицание

Español (Spanish)
n. - renuncia, renunciación

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - avsägelse, förnekande, försakelse

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
宣告放弃, 宣布脱离关系, 抛弃, 拒绝承认

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
n. - 宣告放棄, 宣佈脫離關係, 拋棄, 拒絕承認

한국어 (Korean)
n. - 포기 , 폐기 , 기권

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - 放棄, 否認, 自制, 断念

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الاسم) التخلي عن حق أو لقب, نكران الذات‏

עברית (Hebrew)
n. - ‮ויתור, התנכרות, פרישות, נטישה, התכחשות‬

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