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renunciation
noun
The act of rejecting or renouncing something as invalid
"The President's renunciation of the treaty has upset Congress."
The resignation of an ecclesiastical office
"The bishop's renunciation was on account of his ill health."
The act by which a person abandons a right acquired, but without transferring it to another.
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