as in refusal
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
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Recent Examples of renunciation
Yamaguchi’s spirituality and renunciation of materialism still found its way into his artistic practice.
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Nathan Pugh, Smithsonian Magazine, 19 Dec. 2024
This new phase should be presented as a celebration of Europe’s achievements, not a renunciation of the project.
—Matthias Matthijs, Foreign Affairs, 19 Apr. 2022
The very public renunciation sent shock waves through the world of philanthropy, and both donors and institutions reeled.
—Mary Holland, Robb Report, 1 Dec. 2024
Conclusion: Agency Portals as Fragile as Cobwebs Despite Biden’s renunciation of the Trump project, many guidance documents remain unburied.
—Clyde Wayne Crews Jr., Forbes, 30 Oct. 2024
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Nathan Pugh, Smithsonian Magazine, 19 Dec. 2024
This new phase should be presented as a celebration of Europe’s achievements, not a renunciation of the project.
—Matthias Matthijs, Foreign Affairs, 19 Apr. 2022
The very public renunciation sent shock waves through the world of philanthropy, and both donors and institutions reeled.
—Mary Holland, Robb Report, 1 Dec. 2024
Conclusion: Agency Portals as Fragile as Cobwebs Despite Biden’s renunciation of the Trump project, many guidance documents remain unburied.
—Clyde Wayne Crews Jr., Forbes, 30 Oct. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for renunciation
Noun
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Just a few weeks earlier, North Carolina’s governor, Josh Stein, was forced to appeal the federal government’s refusal to continue funding 100% of the state’s debris removal costs in the aftermath of Hurricane Helene.—
Alexander Puutio,
Forbes.com,
25 Apr. 2025
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The current crisis stems from the refusal of the administration to return to the US one Kilmar Armando Abrego Garcia, who, while not renditioned under the AEA, was sent to El Salvador.—
Liz Tracey,
JSTOR Daily,
25 Apr. 2025
Noun
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Planning staff recommended denial of the permit for the drive-thru, which would sit within 300 feet of another drive-thru to its north and the Bainbridge subdivision to its west on Lost Rapids Drive.—
Rose Evans,
Idaho Statesman,
19 Apr. 2025
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Often the oddity comes from the chilling drone of bureaucracy: the executor’s compassionate thicket of legal reasoning, an airline representative’s denial of Carrie’s quest for a bereavement discount, the dollars and cents of Dr. J’s cremation (for which Carrie is retroactively billed).—
Richard Brody,
New Yorker,
18 Apr. 2025
Noun
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The feats, the ecstasies, the prostrations and abnegations.—
James Parker,
The Atlantic,
10 Jan. 2025
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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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“Renunciation.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/renunciation. Accessed 4 May. 2025.
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