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Express or tacit abandonment of a right or position, usually without assignment to another person
“The argument for allowing a defence of voluntary renunciation becomes stronger as the conduct element in the inchoate offences is taken further back from the occurrence of the harm.”
The formal rejection of something, typically a belief, claim, or course of action
“In 1560 Elizabeth scored a crucial success in the creation of an Anglophile government in Scotland and in Mary's apparent renunciation of her rival claim in the treaty of Edinburgh.”
The formal rejection of something, typically a belief, claim, or course of action
The quality of being abstemious, temperate, or sparing, particularly in the use of food and strong drinks
The rejection of all religious and moral principles, in the belief that life is meaningless
Banishment or exclusion from a community or society
The state of having been abandoned and become dilapidated
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