renunciation - Similar and Opposite Words

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Noun

the act of renouncing; sacrificing or giving up or surrendering (a possession or right or title or privilege etc.)

Synonyms

• forgoing
• forswearing
• renunciation

More generic

• rejection

More specific

• abnegation
• denial
• forsaking
• giving up
• self-abnegation
• self-denial
• self-renunciation

Noun

rejecting or disowning or disclaiming as invalid

Synonyms

• renunciation
• repudiation

More generic

• rejection

More specific

• disclaimer
• disowning
• disownment

Noun

an act (spoken or written) declaring that something is surrendered or disowned

Synonyms

• renouncement
• renunciation

More generic

• resignation

More specific

• relinquishing
• relinquishment

Noun

the state of having rejected your religious beliefs or your political party or a cause (often in favor of opposing beliefs or causes)

Synonyms

• apostasy
• defection
• renunciation

More generic

• rejection