renouncement

as in refusal
the act or practice of giving up or rejecting something once enjoyed or desired her renouncement of chocolate had a lot to do with the fact that it was causing her skin to break out

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Noun
  • Despite Gallot’s refusal to romanticize his workplace — indeed, because of it — his devotion paradoxically shines through.
    Sadie Stein, New York Times, 15 May 2025
  • Meanwhile, the Swiss hosts may just be hoping that by their refusal to take sides, the contest goes off without too much controversy.
    Andrew Jones, NBC news, 15 May 2025
Noun
  • Saxon through acquisition; Piper through renunciation.
    January LaVoy Krish Seenivasan Ted Blaisdell, New York Times, 3 May 2025
  • The conclave takes place only in the event of the pope's death or renunciation for personal reasons.
    Terry Collins, USA Today, 30 Apr. 2025
Noun
  • That revenue is simply written off because appealing denials is too slow, expensive, and broken to fix manually.
    William Jones, USA Today, 14 May 2025
  • From Denial to Delay: The PR Playbook The UCS report also outlines how corporate PR strategies evolved over time—from denial to delay.
    Felicia Jackson, Forbes.com, 14 May 2025
Noun
  • The feats, the ecstasies, the prostrations and abnegations.
    James Parker, The Atlantic, 10 Jan. 2025
  • The explicit and quasi-religious abnegation of the right to violent self-defense put the national committee at odds with one of its key allies during the Saturday march: Black Lives Matter.
    Samantha Eyler, Foreign Affairs, 31 Jan. 2017
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“Renouncement.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/renouncement. Accessed 25 May. 2025.

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