arch. [ad. med.L. abrenunciātion-em, n. of action from abrenunciāre; see prec. Mod. Eng. in all the derivatives of nuntiāre follows the incorrect late L. spelling nunciāre.] Renunciation: retractation, repudiation.
1641. Life of Cheeke, in Hurt of Sedit., iii b. An abrenuntiation of that truth which he had so long professed.
1655. Fuller, Ch. Hist., VIII. 37. Hard usage in prison … drew from his mouth an abrenuntiation of that Truth.
1720. Waterland, 8 Serm., 318. A Profession of Faith in … God the Father, Son, and Holy Ghost, immediately followed upon the Abrenuntiation of the Devil.
1842. H. E. Manning, Unity of the Ch., 20. The catechumen … turned to the West for the abrenunciation of Satan.
