| 单词 | renunciation |
| 释义 | renunciation (once / 2143 pages) n If you reject something or disown it, you can call this renunciation. Sorry, your renunciation of your membership in the American Association of Retired People will not make you any younger. Use the noun renunciation especially when you mean you have given up your religious or political beliefs or some cause you previously supported. When you drop a political party to become an independent, you mean it to be a renunciation of all the infighting, backstabbing, and finger pointing that have become "politics as usual." WORD FAMILYrenunciation: renunciations, self-renunciation+/renounce: renounced, renouncement, renounces, renouncing, renunciant, renunciation/renouncement: renouncements USAGE EXAMPLESAnd a sloppy renunciation of trade agreements would kill far more jobs than it would save, economists say. Seattle Times(Nov 28, 2016) It was a renunciation I’m not sure I would be capable of. Time(Nov 14, 2016) At the end of the episode, Morgan took her to a house where she planned to live a life of bitter renunciation on her own. The Guardian(Oct 31, 2016) 1n the act of renouncing; sacrificing or giving up or surrendering (a possession or right or title or privilege etc.) Syn|Hypo|Hyper forgoing, forswearing forsaking, giving up the act of forsaking abnegation, denial, self-abnegation, self-denial, self-renunciationrenunciation of your own interests in favor of the interests of others rejection the act of rejecting something 2n an act (spoken or written) declaring that something is surrendered or disowned Syn|Hypo|Hyper renouncement relinquishing, relinquishment a verbal act of renouncing a claim or right or position etc. giving up, surrender, yieldinga verbal act of admitting defeat resignation the act of giving up (a claim or office or possession etc.) 3n rejecting or disowning or disclaiming as invalid Syn|Hypo|Hyper repudiation disclaimer (law) a voluntary repudiation of a person's legal claim to something disowning, disownmentrefusal to acknowledge as one's own rejection the speech act of rejecting 4n the state of having rejected your religious beliefs or your political party or a cause (often in favor of opposing beliefs or causes) Syn|Hyper apostasy, defection rejection the state of being rejected |
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