as in refusals
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
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Associated Press What To Know The court emphasized that the law underpinning the travel ban does not authorize such visa refusals and declined to defer to the State Department's historical practice, citing Supreme Court precedent limiting agency discretion.—
Dan Gooding
Gabe Whisnant,
MSNBC Newsweek,
21 Aug. 2025 -
Durov was forced out as CEO in 2014 after several arguments with the Russian state over censorship and refusals to hand over user data.—
Ryan Hogg,
CNN Money,
21 Aug. 2025
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Her plaintive denials on screen are robbed of any credibility by an inescapable sense of overwhelming resentment.—
Daniel Jonah Wolpert,
NPR,
8 Sep. 2025
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Sometimes, when patients and doctors shame insurers online, denials get overturned.—
Lauren Sausser,
Miami Herald,
5 Sep. 2025
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“Renouncements.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/renouncements. Accessed 9 Sep. 2025.
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