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Abrenunciation

Abˊre-nunˊci-a′tion

,
Noun.
[LL.
abrenuntiatio
. See
Abrenounce
.]
Absolute renunciation or repudiation.
[Obs.]
An
abrenunciation
of that truth which he so long had professed, and still believed.
Fuller.

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abrenunciation

abrenunciation

English

Noun

abrenunciation (plural abrenunciations)

  1. (archaic) Absolute renunciation; repudiation; retraction. [First attested in the mid 16th century.][1]
    • 1842, Fuller, The Church History of Britain:
      an abrenunciation of that truth which he so long had professed, and still believed

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References

  1. 1 2 Lesley Brown (editor), The Shorter Oxford English Dictionary, 5th edition (Oxford University Press, 2003 [1933], ISBN 978-0-19-860575-7), page 8
  2. Philip Babcock Gove (editor), Webster's Third International Dictionary of the English Language, Unabridged (G. & C. Merriam Co., 1976 [1909], ISBN 0-87779-101-5), page 5