351. Renunciation
- abdication
- the formal act by a regent of resigning from his position.
- abjuration
- the act of renouncing upon oath, such as an alien applying for citizenship renouncing allegiance to a former country of nationality.
- expatriation
- the process of abandoning one’s native land or of being exiled. — expatriate, n., adj., v.
- recusance
- recusancy. — recusant, adj.
- recusancy
- resistance to authority or refusal to conform, especially in religious matters, used of English Catholics who refuse to attend the services of the Church of England. Also recusance. — recusant, n., adj.
- tergiversation
- 1. the act or process of subterfuge or evasion.
- 2. the abandoning of a cause or belief; apostasy. — tergiversator, n.