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Renunciation

Legal Definition and Related Resources of Renunciation

Meaning of Renunciation

A disclaimer. A document by which a person appointed by a testator as his executor, or a person who is entitled to take out letters of administration to the effects of an intestate in priority to other persons, renounces or gives up his right to take out prolate or letters of administration ; the document is filed in the registry

Synonyms of Renunciation

noun

  • abandonment
  • abdicatio
  • abdication
  • abjuration
  • abnegation
  • cancellation
  • cession
  • declination
  • demission
  • denial
  • disaffirmation
  • disallowance
  • disapprobation
  • disapproval
  • disavowal
  • disavowment
  • discard
  • disclaimer
  • discontinuance
  • disinheritance
  • dismissal
  • disownment
  • elimination
  • exclusion
  • forswearing
  • giving up
  • negation
  • omission
  • proscription
  • rebuff
  • recantation
  • refusal
  • reiectio
  • rejection
  • relinquishment
  • renouncement
  • reprobation
  • repudiatio
  • repudiation
  • repulsion
  • resignation
  • retraction
  • sacrifice
  • shutting out
  • spurning
  • swearing off
  • veto
  • waiver
  • withdrawal
  • yielding
  • Associated Concepts: renunciation of a contract
  • renunciation of a will

Related Entries of Renunciation in the Encyclopedia of Law Project

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Renunciation in Law Enforcement

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