renunciation.

The deliberate rejection or giving up of a claim, belief, practice, or possession.

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Words that belong together

• renunciation of a claim
• public renunciation

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The statement marked his public renunciation of the policy.

Usage notes

Primary category: literary / elevated general. Forms: Countable or uncountable by context; countable singular renunciation; plural renunciations. Legacy lexical fields mirror sense 1 only. Use numbered sense fields for all meanings. Established modern English lexical item. No separate regional spelling or grammatical inflection entry. Commonness: moderately common.