N-UNCOUNT (对信仰或行为方式的)放弃,抛弃 The renunciation of a belief or a way of behaving is the public declaration that you reject it and have decided to stop having that belief or behaving in that way.
The talks were dependent on a renunciation of terrorism. 会谈以放弃恐怖主义为前提。
N-UNCOUNT (对声明、官衔等的)正式放弃 The renunciation of a claim, title, or privilege is the act of officially giving it up.
...the renunciation of territory in the Mediterranean. 对地中海领土的放弃
N-UNCOUNT (因道德或宗教原因)克己,自我克制 Renunciation is the act of not allowing yourself certain pleasures for moral or religious reasons.
Gandhi exemplified the virtues of renunciation, asceticism and restraint. 甘地体现了克己、禁欲和自我约束的美德。