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    [Noun]  | "re*nun*ci*a*tion" | \ ri-ˌnən(t)-sē-ˈā-shən \


    1: the act or practice of renouncing : repudiation; specifically : ascetic self-denial


    Origin: 14th century ;

     Middle English renunciacion, from Anglo-French, from Latin renuntiation-, renuntiatio, from renuntiare to renounce;

    [Noun]  | "self-re*nun*ci*a*tion" | \ ˌself-ri-ˌnən(t)-sē-ˈā-shən \


    1: the renouncing of one's own wishes, desires, or ambitions


    Origin: 1654 ;

    [Noun]  | "renunciation" 


    1: the act or practice of giving up or rejecting something once enjoyed or desired;


      * e.g., " ... his sudden renunciation of his smoking habit pleased his whole family "





    [Noun]  | "self-renunciation" 


     [ "Renunciation" ]

    1: A formal rejection of something

      * e.g.,  ... A renunciation of violence 

     [ "Renunciate" ]

    1: To give up the life of materialistic possessions and living with an isolated frame of mind somewhere far from society.

      * e.g.,  ... The gay guy had to renunciate his life cause he was gay and no one liked him due to his sexual preference.  

     [ "Renunciate" ]

    1: To re-pronounce a word that one has screwed up the first time

      * e.g.,  ... Man that black feller needs to renunciate that sentence cause i didnt understand a dam word. 

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