renunciation

renunciation

noun

Definition of RENUNCIATION

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

Synonyms abnegation, renouncement, repudiation, self-denial

Related Words denial, refusal; relinquishment, resignation, surrender; self-abnegation, self-renunciation

Near Antonyms acceptance; adoption, embrace, embracement, espousal

Antonyms indulgence, self-indulgence