Abandonment vs Renunciation - What's the difference?
abandonment | renunciation |
The act of abandoning, or the state of being abandoned; total desertion; relinquishment.
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The voluntary leaving of a person to whom one is bound by a special relation, as a wife, husband or child; desertion.
An abandoned building or structure.
(legal) The relinquishment of a right, claim, or privilege; relinquishment of right to secure a patent by an inventor; relinquishment of copyright by an author.
(legal) The relinquishment by the insured to the underwriters of what may remain of the property insured after a loss or damage by a peril insured against.
The cessation of service on a particular segment of the lines of a common carrier, as granted by a government agency.
A refusal to receive freight so damaged in transit as to be worthless and render carrier liable for its value.
The self-surrender to an outside influence.
Abandon; careless freedom or ease; surrender to one's emotions.
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the act of rejecting]] or [[renounce, renouncing something as invalid
the resignation of an ecclesiastical office
As nouns the difference between abandonment and renunciation
is that abandonment is the act of abandoning, or the state of being abandoned; total desertion; relinquishment while renunciation is the act of rejecting or renouncing something as invalid.abandonment
English
Noun
(en noun)- Since he left her, she's suing him for divorce on grounds of abandonment .
- High-profile abandonments are harder to infiltrate for urban explorers due to their heightened security.
Synonyms
* (careless freedom) nonchalanceExternal links
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renunciation
English
(wikipedia renunciation)Noun
(en noun)- The President's renunciation of the treaty has upset Congress.
- The bishop's renunciation was on account of his ill health.