renunciation russian

• отка́з

  refusal, rejection, denial

  renunciation, giving up, waiver

  failure, breakdown, malfunction

• отрече́ние

  renunciation, relinquishment, waiver

  abdication

  disavowal, repudiation, renouncing

• самоотрече́ние

  renunciation, self-denial, abnegation

• непротивле́ние

  non-resistance, failure to resist, passivity

  non-resistance (to evil), non-violence, renunciation of violent resistance

Examples

• Его отречение от старых убеждений удивило друзей.

  His renunciation of his old beliefs surprised his friends.