# renunciation

> English word · Noun · frequency rank #45,045

## Definitions
1. The act of rejecting or renouncing something as invalid.
2. The resignation of an ecclesiastical office.
3. The act by which a person abandons a right acquired, but without transferring it to another.
4. In the Anglican baptismal service, the part in which the candidate in person or by his sureties renounces the Devil and all his works.

## Etymology
From Latin renūntiātiō. Compare renounce.

## Common misspellings (18)
`ernunciation`, `rennuciation`, `rennunciation`, `renucniation`, `renuncaition`, `renuncciation`, `renunciaiton`, `renunciasion`, `renunciatino`, `renunciationn`, `renunciatoin`, `renunciattion`, `renuncitaion`, `renunication`, `renunnciation`, `reunnciation`, `rneunciation`, `rrenunciation`

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/renunciation