- renunciation, forgoing, forswearing - the act of renouncing; sacrificing or giving up or surrendering (a possession or right or title or privilege etc.)
--1 is a kind of rejection
--1 has particulars:forsaking, giving up; abnegation, self-abnegation, denial, self-denial, self-renunciation Derived form: verb forswear1
- abjure, recant, forswear, retract, resile - formally reject or disavow a formerly held belief, usually under pressure; "He retracted his earlier statements about his religion"; "She abjured her beliefs"
--1 is one way to renounce, repudiate
Sample sentences:Derived form: noun forswearing1
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