abrenunciation

noun

plural -s

archaic

: renunciation, repudiation

Word History

Etymology

borrowed from Late Latin abrenūntiātiōn-, abrenūntiātiō, from abrenūntiāre "to repudiate, renounce" (from Latin ab- ab- entry 1 + renūntiāre "to report, retract, renounce") + -tiōn-, -tiō, noun suffix

First Known Use

1557, in the meaning defined above

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