renouncementn.

Brit.

/rᵻˈnaʊnsm(ə)nt/, U.S.

/rəˈnaʊnsm(ə)nt/,

/riˈnaʊnsm(ə)nt/

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation; modelled on a French lexical item. Etymons: renounce v., -ment suffix.

Etymology: < renounce v. + -ment suffix, after Middle French renoncement (French renoncement ) action of renouncing something, renunciation (1267 in Old French in legal use, end of the 13th cent. in specific sense ‘act of renouncing worldly things and worldly life’; earlier in sense ‘announcement, piece of news’ (a1200 in Old French)). Compare Old Occitan renunciamen (1285), Catalan renunciament (14th cent.), Spanish renunciamiento (a1250), Italian †rinunziamento (14th cent.; also †rinunciamento ). Compare earlier renouncing n., renunciation n.

The action of renouncing something; renunciation; an instance of this. Formerly also with †to (cf. renounce v. 1a).

ΘΚΠ

the mind > possession > relinquishing > [noun] > renunciation

renunciation1399

renouncingc1400

disaccustoming1479

renouncementa1513

abjuration?1567

abjuring1567

abdication1571

renounsal1574

abjurement?1594

renounce1774

a1513 R. Fabyan New Cronycles Eng. & Fraunce (1516) II. f. lvii All though he had & myght suffyciently haue declared his renouncement by the redynge of an other meane persone.

1597 Bp. J. King Lect. Ionas xxix. 387 Against sinners past grace, you shal often finde renouncements vnto them.

a1616 W. Shakespeare Measure for Measure (1623) i. iv. 34 I hold you as a thing en-skied, and sainted, By your renouncement .

1640 J. Yorke Union of Honour 185 The renouncement of the Titles to the Kingdome of Castile and Leon.

1770 L. Nihell Rational Self-love xii. 141 Who sees not, how very distant the condition of a Seraglio is from this voluntary Renouncement?

1818 J. Bentham Church-of-Englandism 9 In what condition is he, other than that which he would have been in, had no such renouncement been made?

1865 M. Arnold Ess. Crit. iv. 139 The doctrine..of the superiority of renouncement to activity.

1899 H. James Let. 24 Nov. (1984) IV. i. 122 Other renouncements, of an unenlivening sort.

1920 Atlantic Monthly Apr. 561 All the nationalities of Central Europe, purified by suffering, were ready then to make all necessary renouncements for the sake of the establishment of a better order of things.

1961 Times 28 Feb. 8/3 Those who preach the renouncement of our defence obligations should try to ponder the hard facts of the dangerous world in which we live.

1997 A. Roberts in N. Ferguson Virtual Hist. (1998) v. 313 The restored Duke's regime would..have depended upon renouncement of the four-year-old Instrument of Abdication.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2009; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	renouncement
释义	renouncementn. Brit. /rᵻˈnaʊnsm(ə)nt/, U.S. /rəˈnaʊnsm(ə)nt/, /riˈnaʊnsm(ə)nt/ Origin: Formed within English, by derivation; modelled on a French lexical item. Etymons: renounce v., -ment suffix. Etymology: < renounce v. + -ment suffix, after Middle French renoncement (French renoncement ) action of renouncing something, renunciation (1267 in Old French in legal use, end of the 13th cent. in specific sense ‘act of renouncing worldly things and worldly life’; earlier in sense ‘announcement, piece of news’ (a1200 in Old French)). Compare Old Occitan renunciamen (1285), Catalan renunciament (14th cent.), Spanish renunciamiento (a1250), Italian †rinunziamento (14th cent.; also †rinunciamento ). Compare earlier renouncing n., renunciation n. The action of renouncing something; renunciation; an instance of this. Formerly also with †to (cf. renounce v. 1a). ΘΚΠ the mind > possession > relinquishing > [noun] > renunciation renunciation1399 renouncingc1400 disaccustoming1479 renouncementa1513 abjuration?1567 abjuring1567 abdication1571 renounsal1574 abjurement?1594 renounce1774 a1513 R. Fabyan New Cronycles Eng. & Fraunce (1516) II. f. lvii All though he had & myght suffyciently haue declared his renouncement by the redynge of an other meane persone. 1597 Bp. J. King Lect. Ionas xxix. 387 Against sinners past grace, you shal often finde renouncements vnto them. a1616 W. Shakespeare Measure for Measure (1623) i. iv. 34 I hold you as a thing en-skied, and sainted, By your renouncement . View more context for this quotation 1640 J. Yorke Union of Honour 185 The renouncement of the Titles to the Kingdome of Castile and Leon. 1770 L. Nihell Rational Self-love xii. 141 Who sees not, how very distant the condition of a Seraglio is from this voluntary Renouncement? 1818 J. Bentham Church-of-Englandism 9 In what condition is he, other than that which he would have been in, had no such renouncement been made? 1865 M. Arnold Ess. Crit. iv. 139 The doctrine..of the superiority of renouncement to activity. 1899 H. James Let. 24 Nov. (1984) IV. i. 122 Other renouncements, of an unenlivening sort. 1920 Atlantic Monthly Apr. 561 All the nationalities of Central Europe, purified by suffering, were ready then to make all necessary renouncements for the sake of the establishment of a better order of things. 1961 Times 28 Feb. 8/3 Those who preach the renouncement of our defence obligations should try to ponder the hard facts of the dangerous world in which we live. 1997 A. Roberts in N. Ferguson Virtual Hist. (1998) v. 313 The restored Duke's regime would..have depended upon renouncement of the four-year-old Instrument of Abdication. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2009; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.a1513
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