different between abandonment vs renunciation

English

Etymology

From French abandonnement, from abandonner (“to abandon, relinquish”). abandonner was originally equivalent to mettre à bandon (“to leave to the jurisdiction, i.e. of another”), bandon being from Medieval Latin bandum, bannum (“order, decree, ban”). Equivalent to abandon +? -ment. (See also English banns.)

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /??bæn.dn?.mn?t/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /??bæn.dn?.mn?t/

Noun

abandonment (countable and uncountable, plural abandonments)

1. The act of abandoning, or the state of being abandoned; total desertion; relinquishment. [Late 16^th century.]
2. The voluntary leaving of a person to whom one is bound by a special relation, as a wife, husband or child; desertion.

   Since he left her, she's suing him for divorce on grounds of abandonment.

3. An abandoned building or structure.

   High-profile abandonments are harder to infiltrate for urban explorers due to their heightened security.

4. (law) The relinquishment of a right, claim, or privilege; relinquishment of right to secure a patent by an inventor; relinquishment of copyright by an author. [Early 19^th century.]
5. (law) The relinquishment by the insured to the underwriters of what may remain of the property insured after a loss or damage by a peril insured against. [Early 19^th century.]
6. The cessation of service on a particular segment of the lines of a common carrier, as granted by a government agency.
7. A refusal to receive freight so damaged in transit as to be worthless and render carrier liable for its value.
8. The self-surrender to an outside influence. [Mid 19^th century.]
9. Abandon; careless freedom or ease; surrender to one's emotions. [Mid 19^th century.]

Synonyms

Antonyms

Related terms

• abandonable
• abandoned
• abandonee
• abandoner

Translations

References

Further reading

• abandonment at OneLook Dictionary Search
• abandonment in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.

English

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Noun

renunciation (countable and uncountable, plural renunciations)

1. the act of rejecting or renouncing something as invalid

   The President's renunciation of the treaty has upset Congress.

   The life of the spirit demands readiness for renunciation when the occasion arises...

2. the resignation of an ecclesiastical office

   The bishop's renunciation was on account of his ill health.

3. (law) The act by which a person abandons a right acquired, but without transferring it to another.
4. (Christianity) In the Anglican baptismal service, the part in which the candidate in person or by his sureties renounces the Devil and all his works.

Related terms

• renouncement

Translations

See also

• abjurement
• repudiation

Further reading

• renunciation in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
• renunciation in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.