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renunciation
English
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Noun
renunciation (countable and uncountable, plural renunciations)
- 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...
- the resignation of an ecclesiastical office
- The bishop's renunciation was on account of his ill health.
- (law) The act by which a person abandons a right acquired, but without transferring it to another.
- (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.
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asceticism
English
Etymology
ascetic +? -ism
Pronunciation
- (US) IPA(key): /??s?t.??s?z.?m/
Noun
asceticism (countable and uncountable, plural asceticisms)
- The principles and practices of an ascetic; extreme self-denial and austerity.
Antonyms
- hedonism
Related terms
- ascetic
- ascetical
- ascetically
Translations
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