Antonyms for renouncement


Grammar : Noun
Spell : ri-nouns
Phonetic Transcription : rɪˈnaʊns


Definition of renouncement

Origin :
  • late 14c., from Old French renoncier "give up, cede" (12c., Modern French renoncer), from Latin renuntiare "bring back word; proclaim; protest against, renounce," from re- "against" (see re-) + nuntiare "to report, announce," from nuntius "messenger" (see nuncio). Related: Renounced; renouncing.
  • As in refusal : noun denial of responsibility; unwillingness
  • As in renunciation : noun abandonment, rejection
  • As in quitclaim : noun abdication
  • As in relinquishment : noun abdication
  • As in traversal : noun denial
  • As in turndown : noun refusal
  • As in denial : noun dismissal, refusal of belief in
Example sentences :
  • She showed him her renouncement of Rosser, and sent it forth to post.
  • Extract from : « Love's Usuries » by Louis Creswicke
  • An allusion, presumably, to the renouncement of wine made by Bbur and some of his followers in 933 AH.
  • Extract from : « The Bbur-nma in English » by Babur, Emperor of Hindustan
  • This line shews that Bburs renouncement was of wine only; he continued to eat confections (majn).
  • Extract from : « The Bbur-nma in English » by Babur, Emperor of Hindustan
  • Of course the sacrifice is partially a communion; but it is also, and no less essentially, a gift and an act of renouncement.
  • Extract from : « The Elementary Forms of the Religious Life » by Emile Durkheim
  • The first is the renouncement of riches and worldly honors; the second is the renouncement of profane desires.
  • Extract from : « The Sufistic Quatrains of Omar Khayyam » by Omar Khayyam
  • I had accepted your own renouncement of the legacy in good part, but now, please believe me, it shall be yours to-morrow.
  • Extract from : « The House of a Thousand Candles » by Meredith Nicholson
  • He stood aghast at this snap of their great bond, at the renouncement that rang out in the word she so expressively sounded.
  • Extract from : « The Altar of the Dead » by Henry James
  • Now that he had come she felt neither the delight of realised expectation nor the final peace of renouncement.
  • Extract from : « The Wheel of Life » by Ellen Anderson Gholson Glasgow
  • But the stress of the whole strange seizure, wrench and renouncement had told on him mentally and physically.
  • Extract from : « The Shadow of Life » by Anne Douglas Sedgwick
  • “I think the impossible lesson to learn would be renouncement,” said Hadria.
  • Extract from : « The Daughters of Danaus » by Mona Caird

Synonyms for renouncement

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