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renunciation

[ri-nuhn-see-ay-shuhn, -shee-] / rɪˌnʌn siˈeɪ ʃən, -ʃi- /


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The lower fee for renouncing citizenship “may remove a symbolic administrative barrier to renunciation, but it does not change the core financial analysis,” Concepción said.

From MarketWatch ● Jun. 17, 2026

But Indian authorities have refused to accept this in place of a renunciation certificate, forcing the sisters to move court.

From BBC ● Sep. 1, 2025

Humanity could recover its moral bearings and pursue the abolition of nuclear weapons and the renunciation of war, or accept the inevitability that such man-made forces would ultimately abolish most or all of us.

From Salon ● Aug. 14, 2025

Her devotion to him required renunciation: She let go of her composing ambitions and gave over the majority of her schedule to performing his scores.

From New York Times ● Mar. 13, 2024

She added the last as though it explained her renunciation of Paris.

From "Jacob Have I Loved" by Katherine Paterson




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