- repudiation, renunciation - rejecting or disowning or disclaiming as invalid; "Congressional repudiation of the treaty that the President had negotiated"
--1 is a kind of rejection
--1 has particulars: disclaimer; disownment, disowningDerived form: verb renounce4 - apostasy, renunciation, defection - the state of having rejected your religious beliefs or your political party or a cause (often in favor of opposing beliefs or causes)
--2 is a kind of rejection
- renunciation, renouncement - an act (spoken or written) declaring that something is surrendered or disowned
--3 is a kind of resignation
--3 has particulars: relinquishment, relinquishingDerived forms: verb renounce1, verb renounce3 - renunciation, forgoing, forswearing - the act of renouncing; sacrificing or giving up or surrendering (a possession or right or title or privilege etc.)
--4 is a kind of rejection
--4 has particulars:forsaking, giving up; abnegation, self-abnegation, denial, self-denial, self-renunciation Derived form: verb renounce1