Renunciation

re-nun-si-ā′shun, n. disowning: rejection: abandonment: ( law ) the legal act by which a person abandons a right acquired, but without transferring it to another: in the Anglican baptismal service, the part in which the candidate in person or by his sureties renounces the devil and all his works.— n. Renun′ciance , renunciation.— adj. Renun′ciātory .— Renunciation of a lease , the surrender of a lease. [ Renounce. ]