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RENUNCIATION
renunciation, forgoing, forswearing
(noun) the act of renouncing; sacrificing or giving up or surrendering (a possession or right or title or privilege etc.)
repudiation, renunciation
(noun) rejecting or disowning or disclaiming as invalid; “Congressional repudiation of the treaty that the President had negotiated”
renunciation, renouncement
(noun) an act (spoken or written) declaring that something is surrendered or disowned
apostasy, renunciation, defection
(noun) the state of having rejected your religious beliefs or your political party or a cause (often in favor of opposing beliefs or causes)
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Noun
renunciation (countable and uncountable, plural renunciations)
the act of rejecting or renouncing something as invalid
the resignation of an ecclesiastical office
(legal) The act by which a person abandons a right acquired, but without transferring it to another.
(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.
Source: Wiktionary
Re*nun`ci*a"tion (r-nn`s-"shn or -sh-"shn; 277), n. Etym: [Cf. F. renonciation, L. renuntiatio ann announcement. See Renounce.]
1. The act of renouncing.
2. (Law)
Definition: 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.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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INTERTRIGO
(noun) chafing between two skin surfaces that are in contact (as in the armpit or under the breasts or between the thighs)
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