as in refusal
the act or practice of giving up or rejecting something once enjoyed or desired
his sudden renunciation of his smoking habit pleased his whole family
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Recent Examples of renunciation
Yamaguchi’s spirituality and renunciation of materialism still found its way into his artistic practice.
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Nathan Pugh, Smithsonian Magazine, 19 Dec. 2024
This new phase should be presented as a celebration of Europe’s achievements, not a renunciation of the project.
—Matthias Matthijs, Foreign Affairs, 19 Apr. 2022
The very public renunciation sent shock waves through the world of philanthropy, and both donors and institutions reeled.
—Mary Holland, Robb Report, 1 Dec. 2024
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
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Nathan Pugh, Smithsonian Magazine, 19 Dec. 2024
This new phase should be presented as a celebration of Europe’s achievements, not a renunciation of the project.
—Matthias Matthijs, Foreign Affairs, 19 Apr. 2022
The very public renunciation sent shock waves through the world of philanthropy, and both donors and institutions reeled.
—Mary Holland, Robb Report, 1 Dec. 2024
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
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for renunciation
Noun
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The White House has also banned The Associated Press from the press pool over its refusal to call the Gulf of Mexico the Gulf of America, a move the wire service has sued the administration over.—
Dominick Mastrangelo,
The Hill,
31 Mar. 2025
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Xcel ultimately gave Denver the first chance to buy the property, known as a right of first refusal.—
Thomas Gounley,
Denver Post,
28 Mar. 2025
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With all the denials, Goldberg released part of the text chain to prove what was in it was, in fact, war plans, including weather conditions, timing, targets, weapons and sequence of strikes.—
S.E. Cupp,
New York Daily News,
27 Mar. 2025
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This denial could be motivated by the fear of admitting the presence of beings more advanced and therefore more powerful than us.—
David Chauvet,
JSTOR Daily,
26 Mar. 2025
Noun
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The feats, the ecstasies, the prostrations and abnegations.—
James Parker,
The Atlantic,
10 Jan. 2025
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The explicit and quasi-religious abnegation of the right to violent self-defense put the national committee at odds with one of its key allies during the Saturday march: Black Lives Matter.—
Samantha Eyler,
Foreign Affairs,
31 Jan. 2017
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“Renunciation.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/renunciation. Accessed 10 Apr. 2025.
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