renunciation
放弃,弃权,离弃,舍弃
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- : an act or instance of relinquishing, abandoning, repudiating, or sacrificing something, as a right, title, person, or ambition: the king's renunciation of the throne.
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Eight years ago, I researched the renunciation and repudiation of the Eagle rank, but I never followed through.
Now deeply bitter, he sees this renunciation as “his last opportunity to be a man of integrity.”
Nor did the future appear any more in a rainbow glory, since he realised that it would bring renunciation as well as joy.
That renunciation was therefore a nullity; and no swearing, no signing, no sealing, could turn that nullity into a reality.
That happiness now requires my renunciation in behalf of my very dear eldest son, Charles Louis, prince of the Asturias.
It is somewhat self-regarding certainly, in spite of the incessant renunciation and sacrifice.
Nothing requires more moral courage than the renunciation of a popular and generally received religious belief.