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Renunciation vs Disavowal - What's the difference?

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Renunciation is a synonym of disavowal.


As nouns the difference between renunciation and disavowal

is that renunciation is the act of rejecting]] or [[renounce|renouncing something as invalid while disavowal is a denial of knowledge, relationship, and/or responsibility towards something (or someone).

renunciation

Noun

(en noun)
  • the act of rejecting]] or [[renounce, renouncing something as invalid
  • The President's renunciation of the treaty has upset Congress.
  • the resignation of an ecclesiastical office
  • The bishop's renunciation was on account of his ill health.

    See also

    * abjurement * repudiation

    disavowal

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A denial of knowledge, relationship, and/or responsibility towards something (or someone).
  • * 1809
  • Whatever pleas may be urged for a disavowal of engagements formed by diplomatic functionaries in cases where by the terms of the engagements a mutual ratification is reserved, or where notice at the time may have been given of a departure from instructions, or in extraordinary cases essentially violating the principles of equity, a disavowal could not have been apprehended in a case where no such notice or violation existed, where no such ratification was reserved, and more especially where, as is now in proof, an engagement to be executed without any such ratification was contemplated by the instructions given, and where it had with good faith been carried into immediate execution on the part of the United nations.