renunciations
Acts of forsaking
Renunciations are formal rejections or abandonments of claims, rights, or beliefs.
A renunciation of citizenship surrenders nationality; a renunciation of violence pledges to forsake it.
The word carries weight—renunciations are deliberate, often public declarations: His renunciations of his former allies surprised no one who knew him.
Rejection of connection
- repudiationFormal refusal to accept
- rejectionDenial of acceptance
- refusalAct of declining
- negationDenial or cancellation
disclaimer · recantation · retraction · abjuration · contradiction · rebuff · dismissal · spurning
Formal giving up
- forsakingRenouncing or abandoning completely
- desertionUnlawful abandonment of duty
- departureAct of going away
- withdrawalAct of taking away
resignation · vacating · cessation · discontinuation · disuse · neglect · separation · estrangement
Statement denying responsibility
- waiverFormal surrender of rights
- abdicationFormal surrender of power
- forfeitureLoss due to breach
- surrenderCease resistance, yield
divestiture · cession · quitclaim · disaffirmation · revocation · annulment · rescission · release
Severe self-denial practice
- self-denialRestraining one's own desires
- abnegationRejection of oneself
- selflessnessPrioritizing others over oneself
- austerityEnforced economic stringency
abstinence · fasting · penance · devotion · vow · monasticism · mortification · temperance
Solemn binding promises
- monasticismCloistered religious living
- worldlinessSecular, experienced outlook
- materialismPrioritizing goods over spirit
- egoOne's self-image
desires · attachments · ordination · tonsure · cloister · hermitage · seclusion · contemplation
disavowal
Rejection of connection
- repudiationFormal refusal to accept
- rejectionDenial of acceptance
- refusalAct of declining
negation · disclaimer · recantation · retraction · abjuration · contradiction · rebuff · dismissal · spurning · disaffirmation
relinquishment
Formal giving up
- forsakingRenouncing or abandoning completely
- desertionUnlawful abandonment of duty
- departureAct of going away
withdrawal · resignation · vacating · cessation · discontinuation · disuse · neglect · separation · estrangement · disownment
disclaimer
Statement denying responsibility
- waiverFormal surrender of rights
- abdicationFormal surrender of power
- forfeitureLoss due to breach
surrender · divestiture · cession · quitclaim · disaffirmation · revocation · annulment · rescission · release · discharge
asceticism
Severe self-denial practice
- self-denialRestraining one's own desires
- abnegationRejection of oneself
- selflessnessPrioritizing others over oneself
austerity · abstinence · fasting · penance · devotion · vow · monasticism · mortification · temperance · privation
vows
Solemn binding promises
- monasticismCloistered religious living
- worldlinessSecular, experienced outlook
- materialismPrioritizing goods over spirit
ego · desires · attachments · ordination · tonsure · cloister · hermitage · seclusion · contemplation · enlightenment
- legal actsassignment, agreements, bequest, contracts, conveyance
- rejectionsno, rejection letter, refusal, denial letter, decline
renunciationsacceptances
Affirmative replies received
embraces · adoptions · affirmations · endorsements · acquisitions
renunciationsretentions
Acts of keeping possession
holdings · grasps · attachments · possessions · preservations
renunciationsaffirmations
Positive self-directed statements
declarations · professions · avowals · endorsements · proclamations