renegationn.
/ˌrɛnᵻˈɡeɪʃn/, U.S. /ˌrɛnəˈɡeɪʃ(ə)n/ A desertion, betrayal, or abandonment of a set of principles, one's faith, etc.; (also) the action of reneging one's principles, faith, etc.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > will > decision > irresolution or vacillation > reversal of or forsaking one's will or purpose > [noun] > recantation or retraction
renayinga1400
retractionc1405
revocationa1428
recanting1534
recantation?1544
retractation1547
retract1553
renegation1581
reneging1632
revoking1646
unsaying1647
misowning1661
unwishing1699
unswearinga1822
withdrawal1836
1581 R. Parsons Discouerie I. Nicols sig. Bv Why this renegation should be more credited then the former, I see no reason at all, except onely because it is the last.
1615 T. Adams White Deuill (ed. 4) 89 Let vs reclaime our impudent and refractory renegations, by a serious meditation.
1705 G. Hickes Several Lett. vii. 141 Some Heresies, and Idolatries may be of such a nature, as to amount to Apostacy, or renegation of God.
1795 R. Cumberland Henry IV. xi. ix. 179 How comes it to pass, that there is no drawing back, no renegation in that quarter where the whole pain and peril of the talk falls with such partial preponderance?
1837 T. Carlyle French Revol. III. v. iv. 314 From far and near,..come Letters of renegation.
1896 G. Saintsbury Hist. 19th Cent. Lit. ix. 392 The hour of triumph was the hour..of opposition and renegation.
1941 P. M. A. Linebarger China of Chiang K'ai-Shek vii. 195 His renegation, never publicly explained, enabled Japan to issue a careful parody of the San Min Chu I.
1993 30 Days in Church & in World No. 1. 3/2 Unless it is a renegation of all human and Christian realism in favor of Hegelian idealism.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2009; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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