Renunciation Definition

rĭ-nŭnsē-āshən
noun
The act or an instance of renouncing; a giving up formally or voluntarily, often at a sacrifice, of a right, claim, title, etc.
Webster's New World
A written statement or declaration of this.
Webster's New World
Abandonment of a right, whether open or tacit, without transferring it to someone else; in criminal law, the total voluntary abandonment of a criminal activity before it is committed with the purpose of foiling that activity.
Webster's New World Law

The resignation of an ecclesiastical office.

The bishop's renunciation was on account of his ill health.
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renunciation
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Origin of Renunciation

  • Middle English from Anglo-Norman renunciacion from Latin renūntiātiō renūntiātiōn- from renūntiātus past participle of renūntiāre to renounce renounce

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

Renunciation Sentence Examples

  • These novels teach the moral of renunciation (Entsagung).

  • The second aspect of his influence is the doctrine of redemption of the soul from its sensual bonds, first by the medium of art and second by the path of renunciation and ascetic life.

  • Self-control and renunciation are the lessons which he preaches.

  • It must not, however, be forgotten that, in the negotiations at Sutri, Paschal had pride and independence enough to propose to the emperor the only solution of the conflict that was entirely logical and essentially Christian, namely, the renunciation by the Church of its temporal power and the renunciation by the lay lords of all intervention in elections and investitures - in other words, the absolute separation of the priesthood and the state.

  • They forced upon the king the Provisions of Oxford (1258), which placed the govern ment in the hands of a feudal oligarchy; they reduced expenditure, expelled the alien favourites from the kingdom, and insisted upon a final renunciation of the French claims. The king submitted for the moment, but at the first opportunity endeavoured to cancel his concessions.

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NONION

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