Definition of "renunciation"

The act of rejecting or renouncing something as invalid.  quotations  examples

The resignation of an ecclesiastical office.  examples

(law) The act by which a person abandons a right acquired, but without transferring it to another.  examples

(Christianity) In the Anglican baptismal service, the part in which the candidate in person or by his sureties renounces the Devil and all his works.  examples