RENUNCIATION


Meaning of RENUNCIATION in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ rɪnʌnsieɪʃ(ə)n ]

( renunciations)

1.

The renunciation of a belief or a way of behaving is the public declaration that you reject it and have decided to stop having that belief or behaving in that way.

The talks were dependent on a renunciation of terrorism.

N-UNCOUNT : also N in pl

2.

The renunciation of a claim, title, or privilege is the act of officially giving it up.

...the renunciation of territory in the Mediterranean.

N-UNCOUNT

3.

Renunciation is the act of not allowing yourself certain pleasures for moral or religious reasons.

Gandhi exemplified the virtues of renunciation, asceticism and restraint.

= self-denial

N-UNCOUNT

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