Synonyms for renunciation
Synonyms by meaning
Noun
1. Relinquishment — the act of rejecting or renouncing something as invalid
relinquishment, repudiation, abandonment, surrender, rejection, denial, disavowal, cession, resignation, abrogation, annulment, recantation, revocation, termination, nullification, invalidation, disclaimer, abnegation, abjuration, nonapproval, abolition, refusal
2. Apostasy
Other
Definitions
- n. 1
The act of rejecting or renouncing something as invalid.
The President's renunciation of the treaty has upset Congress.
- n. 2
The resignation of an ecclesiastical office.
The bishop's renunciation was on account of his ill health.
Related words
- Word family
- renouncement
Forms
- Plural
- renunciations → relinquishments, repudiations, abandonments, surrenders…
Example sentences
- surrender Sami was forced by the police to surrender his dog.
- abandonment Why does this fear of abandonment exist in my life?
- abdication The monarch's abdication was a shock to the nation.
Popularity over time
| Word | 1850 → 2019 | Trend |
|---|---|---|
| renunciation | steady | |
| surrender | steady | |
| abandonment | falling | |
| repudiation | steady | |
| relinquishment | falling | |
| abdication | falling |
Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.
By length
- 6 letters
- denial3
- 7 letters
- refusal3, cession
- 8 letters
- apostasy
- 9 letters
- surrender3, rejection3, abolition4, annulment3, defection3, disavowal
- 10 letters
- disclaimer3, revocation4, abdication4, abrogation4, abnegation4, abjuration, disownment
- 11 letters
- resignation4, termination4, abandonment4, repudiation5, dereliction4, recantation4, forswearing, nonapproval
- 12 letters
- invalidation5, renouncement
- 13 letters
- nullification5
- 14 letters
- relinquishment
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (denial3 = 3 syllables).
In other languages
- Français
- renonciation
- Català
- renúncia