English-German translations for renunciation

• Abkehr
  Außerdem untersagen sie ausdrücklich die erzwungene Abkehr vom Glauben. It also explicitly prohibits forced renunciation of faith.
• Verzicht der
  Zum regional begrenzten Verzicht meint der Kommissar, dass dies nur aktuell werden kann, wenn es freiwillig geschieht. When it comes to regional renunciation, the Commissioner says that it can only become a reality if it is voluntary.
  Diese Länder sind es, die wir vor allem schützen müssen, und der Verzicht der Industrieländer auf die Exportsubventionen ist ein großer Schritt in diese Richtung. It is these countries, in particular, that we need to defend, and the industrialised countries’ renunciation of export subsidies is a major step in this direction.
  Dies gilt insbesondere für den Verzicht auf die Nutzung embryonaler Stammzellen zugunsten adulter Stammzellen, die erwiesenermaßen genauso gut verwendbar, zum Teil sogar vielversprechender sind. This applies particularly to the renunciation of the use of embryonic stem cells in favour of adult stem cells, which have been shown to be just as useful and, indeed, more promising in many cases.

Definition of renunciation

• the act of rejecting or renouncing something as invalid
• the resignation of an ecclesiastical office
• The act by which a person abandons a right acquired, but without transferring it to another

Examples

• The Presidents renunciation of the treaty has upset Congress.
• The life of the spirit demands readiness for renunciation when the occasion arises...Bertrand Russell, Why Men Fight: A Method of Abolishing the International Duel (1917)--
• The bishops renunciation was on account of his ill health.

Related words

• self-renunciation
• abrenunciation
• renunciative