rĭ-nŭn'sē-ā'shən
A denial of knowledge, relationship, and/or responsibility towards something (someone).
The act of offering the life of a person or animal, or some object, in propitiation of or homage to a deity
Taking action that sacrifices one's own benefit for the good of others.
Words or actions of a party to a contract that indicate the intention of that person to fail to carry out the contract in the future; a threat to breach a contract.
A repudiation or denial of responsibility or connection.
The definition of a repeal is the act of taking something back.
A giving up of rights, etc.; self-denial; renunciation
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The act of abandoning a person with the intent of terminating the duties or him or her. For example, the intentional failure by a parent to communicate with or to provide financial or other support to his children. See also desertion.
The act of a person or branch of government renouncing or abandoning an office, trust, sovereignty, privileges, or duties to which he or she is entitled, holds, or possesses by law.
Relinquishment of an office or function.
The transfer of a title or deed to another, without warranty as to the extent of ownership on the part of the seller.
The act of relinquishing something.
An oral or written statement that one is resigning a position or office:
An act of surrendering, submission into the possession of another; abandonment, resignation.
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A voluntary relinquishing of a right or privilege. Although a waiver may result from an explicit surrender or by circumstances, courts frown on accepting waivers of constitutional rights. The party waiving a right must have knowledge of that right and the informed intention of surrendering it.
abjurement
(Rare) Renunciation
Act of disowning.
Denial
The act of one who forswears.
The state of being rejected.
renouncement
The act of renouncing.
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An abandoning of what one has believed in, as a faith, cause, or principles
The act of defecting from one's country
A solemn recantation or renunciation on oath; as, an abjuration of heresy. [First attested around 1350 to 1470.]
A deduction.
condonement
abandonment, rejection
The definition of approval is accepting something or permitting something.
The act of reasserting; a second or subsequent assertion
A refusal to grant the truth of a statement or allegation; a contradiction.
Rejection of goods or denial of services to which a person is entitled; not completing a contract by either non-acceptance or nonpayment for goods or services; a chance to accept or reject something before any one else is offered that chance; the privilege of being afforded such a chance, also known as the right of first refusal.
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