Entry Word: renunciation

Function: noun

Meaning: the act or practice of giving up or rejecting something once enjoyed or desired <his renunciation of his smoking habit pleased his whole family>

Synonyms abnegation, renouncement, repudiation, self-denial

Related Words denial, refusal; relinquishment, resignation, surrender

Near Antonyms acceptance; adoption, embrace, espousal

Antonyms indulgence, self-indulgence