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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Renunciation \Re*nun'ci*a"tion\ (r?-n?n's?-?"sh?n or -sh?-?"sh?n; 277), noun [Cf. F. renonciation, L. renuntiatio ann announcement. See {Renounce}.]
1. The act of renouncing.
2. (Law) Formal declination to take out letters of administration, or to assume an office, privilege, or right.
Syn: Renouncement; disownment; disavowal; disavowment; disclaimer; rejection; abjuration; recantation; denial; abandonment; relinquishment.
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
renunciation
noun
1: rejecting or disowning or disclaiming as invalid; "Congressional repudiation of the treaty that the President had negotiated" [syn: {repudiation}]
2: the state of having rejected your religious beliefs or your political party or a cause (often in favor of opposing beliefs or causes) [syn: {apostasy}, {defection}]
3: an act (spoken or written) declaring that something is surrendered or disowned [syn: {renouncement}]
4: the act of renouncing; sacrificing or giving up or surrendering (a possession or right or title or privilege etc.) [syn: {forgoing}, {forswearing}]
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
118 Moby Thesaurus words for "renunciation": abandonment, abdication, abeyance, abjuration, abjurement, abnegation, abrogation, absolute contradiction, annulment, apostasy, breakoff, capitulation, cease, ceasing, cessation, cession, close, closing, cold storage, constraint, contradiction, contrary assertion, contravention, controversion, countering, crossing, crossing-over, defection, degeneration, denial, desertion, desinence, desistance, disaffirmation, disallowance, disavowal, disclaimer, disclamation, discontinuance, discontinuation, disowning, disownment, dispensation, disposal, disposition, disproof, dropping out, dumping, eschewing, expatriation, forbearance, forbearing, forgoing, forswearing, frugality, gainsaying, getting rid of, giving in, giving over, giving up, golden mean, handing over, impugnment, letting go, moderateness, moderation, nonexercise, nothing in excess, nullification, palinode, palinody, recantation, recedence, recession, refutation, rejection, release, relinquishment, reneging, renouncement, reoccupy, repossess, repudiation, resignation, restraint, retake, retractation, retraction, retreat, revocation, revokement, riddance, sacrifice, self-abnegation, self-control, self-denial, self-discipline, self-mastery, self-restraint, self-sacrifice, shutdown, soberness, sobriety, sophrosyne, stopping, surcease, surrender, suspension, swearing off, temperance, temperateness, termination, treason, unsaying, waiver, withdrawal, withdrawing, yielding
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