renunciation

Example Sentences

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But as they were under 21 years, the minimum age for renouncing citizenship in Pakistan, the high commission did not issue their renunciation certificates at the time, they said.

From BBC • Sep. 1, 2025

Humanity could recover its moral bearings and pursue the abolition of nuclear weapons and the renunciation of war, or accept the inevitability that such man-made forces would ultimately abolish most or all of us.

From Salon • Aug. 14, 2025

A patchwork of statutes and treaties already offered about two-thirds of Native Americans citizenship, sometimes in exchange for land allotments that fractured reservations, gestures of assimilation, military service and even the renunciation of tribal traditions.

From Seattle Times • Jun. 1, 2024

“Songs of Surrender” is an act of renunciation, drastically scaling down songs that once strove to shake entire stadiums.

From New York Times • Mar. 17, 2023

If Bobby had any trepidation about permanently severing his relationship with the United States, there was no evidence of it in the renunciation he wrote.

From "Endgame" by Frank Brady