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renunciation

[ri-nuhn-see-ey-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 as they were under 21 years, the minimum age for renouncing citizenship in Pakistan, the high commission did not issue their renunciation certificates at the time, they said.

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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