отрече́ние — meaning in English

English meaning

• abdication noun The act of disowning or disinheriting a child.
• abjuration noun A solemn recantation or renunciation on oath; as, an abjuration of heresy.
• disavowal noun A denial of knowledge, relationship, or responsibility towards something or someone.
• renunciation noun A formal declaration that you are giving up a right, title, claim or citizenship.

Senses

отрече́ние is used for these senses in English:

• abdication The act of abdicating; the renunciation of a high office, dignity, or trust, by its holder. [First attested in the early 17th century.]
• abjuration A solemn recantation or renunciation on oath; as, an abjuration of heresy. [First attested around 1350 to 1470.]
• disavowal A denial of knowledge, relationship, or responsibility towards something or someone.
• renunciation The act of rejecting or renouncing something as invalid.
• renunciation The resignation of an ecclesiastical office.

abdication — full definition

1. noun The act of disowning or disinheriting a child.
2. noun The act of abdicating; the renunciation of a high office, dignity, or trust, by its holder.
3. noun The voluntary renunciation of sovereign power.
4. noun The renunciation of interest in a property or a legal claim; abandonment.

abjuration — full definition

1. noun A solemn recantation or renunciation on oath; as, an abjuration of heresy.
2. noun A repudiation on oath of a religious or political principle.
3. noun The act of abjuring.

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