renunciation
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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
A patchwork of statutes and treaties already offered about two-thirds of Native Americans citizenship, sometimes in exchange for land allotments that fractured reservations, gestures of assimilation, military service and even the renunciation of tribal traditions.
From Seattle Times • Jun. 1, 2024
“Songs of Surrender” is an act of renunciation, drastically scaling down songs that once strove to shake entire stadiums.
From New York Times • Mar. 17, 2023
A day before her renunciation ceremony, the family had organised a huge celebratory procession in Surat.
From BBC • Jan. 23, 2023
It was well for him, with his chivalry and mysticism and all the compensations of the male world, to make the grand renunciation.
From "The Once and Future King" by T. H. White
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