disownment

noun

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as in renunciation

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  1. renunciation
  2. denial
  3. retraction
  4. repudiation
Noun
  • Conclusion: Agency Portals as Fragile as Cobwebs Despite Biden’s renunciation of the Trump project, many guidance documents remain unburied.
    Clyde Wayne Crews Jr., Forbes, 30 Oct. 2024
  • In 2010, the government imposed a $450 renunciation fee.
    Robert W. Wood, Forbes, 14 Oct. 2024
Definition of renunciation
Noun
  • While climate denial allows people to protect themselves from feelings of distress, terror management theory suggests that denying death is just the tip of the iceberg.
    Discover Magazine, Discover Magazine, 8 Nov. 2024
  • Harris has characterized Trump as a threat to democracy, noting his continued denial of the outcome of the 2020 election.
    Arpan Lobo, Detroit Free Press, 5 Nov. 2024
Definition of denial
Noun
  • His letter demanding a retraction helps demonstrate the scale of support for Dorje Chang’s movement by wealthy true believers.
    Joseph Bien-Kahn, Rolling Stone, 3 Nov. 2024
  • Express Scripts has since sued over the report, calling for a retraction.
    Maya Goldman, Axios, 21 Oct. 2024
Definition of retraction
Noun
  • In historical terms, the Protestant repudiation is unusual.
    Jonathon Keats, Forbes, 29 Oct. 2024
  • An immediate, forceful repudiation of Burchard’s comments might have minimized the damage.
    Robert B. Mitchell / Made by History, TIME, 24 Oct. 2024
Definition of repudiation
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