renunciation

noun4

1. •
   The act of rejecting or renouncing something as invalid.

   • The President's renunciation of the treaty has upset Congress.
2. •
   In the Anglican baptismal service, the part in which the candidate in person or by his sureties renounces the Devil and all his works.
3. •
   The resignation of an ecclesiastical office.

   • The bishop's renunciation was on account of his ill health.
4. •
   The act by which a person abandons a right acquired, but without transferring it to another.