renouncements

plural of renouncement
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
  • While grand jury refusals are rare in federal practice, their frequency in recent weeks has raised questions about the strength of the cases and the attitudes of District residents serving as jurors.
    Robert Alexander, MSNBC Newsweek, 10 Sep. 2025
  • Legal experts say a clear trend is forming due to the number of refusals to indict in such a short time.
    Kaelan Deese, The Washington Examiner, 4 Sep. 2025
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  • Advertisement For the next several years, activists knocked on the doors of sharecroppers and drove folks to county registrars’ offices, often facing denials or delays, arrests, and violence.
    Time, Time, 12 Sep. 2025
  • Such reimbursement accuracy failures can include insurance claim denials, unbilled services, underpayments from government programs and inefficiencies within the reimbursement workflow.
    Alexander Podgornyy, Forbes.com, 11 Sep. 2025
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“Renouncements.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/renouncements. Accessed 18 Sep. 2025.

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