different between renunciation vs endurance

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.

English

Alternative forms

• enduraunce, indurance, induraunce (all obsolete)

Etymology

[Late 15th Century] From Middle French endurance, from Old French endurance.

Morphologically endure +? -ance.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?n?dj????ns/, /?n?dj????ns/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /?n?d???ns/, /?n?d??ns/
• Hyphenation: en?du?rance

Noun

endurance (countable and uncountable, plural endurances)

1. The measure of a person's stamina or persistence.

2. Ability to endure hardship.
3. (nautical) The length of time that a ship's rations will supply

Synonyms

• thole (obsolete, rare, or regional)

Translations

French

Etymology

endurer +? -ance

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -??s

Noun

endurance f (plural endurances)

1. endurance, stamina

Further reading

• “endurance” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).