"renunciation" | Definition and Related Words

Noun

Rejecting or disowning or disclaiming as invalid (synset 107222070)
"Congressional repudiation of the treaty that the President had negotiated"

is a type of: rejection - the speech act of rejecting
subtypes:
- disclaimer - (law) a voluntary repudiation of a person's legal claim to something
- disowning, disownment - refusal to acknowledge as one's own
same as: repudiation
The state of having rejected your religious beliefs or your political party or a cause (often in favor of opposing beliefs or causes) (synset 114436815)
is a type of: rejection - the state of being rejected

same as: apostasy, defection
An act (spoken or written) declaring that something is surrendered or disowned (synset 107269262)
is a type of: resignation - the act of giving up (a claim or office or possession etc.)

subtypes: relinquishing, relinquishment - a verbal act of renouncing a claim or right or position etc.

same as: renouncement
The act of renouncing;
Sacrificing or giving up or surrendering (a possession or right or title or privilege etc.) (synset 100205928)
is a type of: rejection - the act of rejecting something
subtypes:
- forsaking, giving up - the act of forsaking
- abnegation, denial, self-abnegation, self-denial, self-renunciation - renunciation of your own interests in favor of the interests of others
same as: forgoing, forswearing