(~s)
1.
The ~ 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 ~ of terrorism.
N-UNCOUNT: also N in pl
2.
The ~ of a claim, title, or privilege is the act of officially giving it up.
...the ~ 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 ~, asceticism and restraint.
= self-denial
N-UNCOUNT