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Word Meanings - ABRENUNCIATION - Book Publishers vocabulary database

Absolute renunciation or repudiation. An abrenunciation of that truth which he so long had professed, and still believed. Fuller.

Related words: (words related to ABRENUNCIATION)

  • STILLY
    Still; quiet; calm. The stilly hour when storms are gone. Moore.
  • PROFESSORY
    Of or pertaining to a professor; professorial. Bacon.
  • PROFESSORIALISM
    The character, manners, or habits of a professor.
  • STILLBIRTH
    The birth of a dead fetus.
  • PROFESSORIAT
    See PROFESSORIATE
  • TRUTHY
    Truthful; likely; probable. "A more truthy import." W. G. Palgrave.
  • ABSOLUTENESS
    The quality of being absolute; independence of everything extraneous; unlimitedness; absolute power; independent reality; positiveness.
  • PROFESSEDLY
    By profession.
  • RENUNCIATION
    Formal declination to take out letters of administration, or to assume an office, privilege, or right. Syn. -- Renouncement; disownment; disavowal; disavowment; disclaimer; rejection; abjuration; recantation; denial; abandonment; relinquishment.
  • STILLSTAND
    A standstill. Shak.
  • FULLER
    One whose occupation is to full cloth. Fuller's earth, a variety of clay, used in scouring and cleansing cloth, to imbibe grease. -- Fuller's herb , the soapwort , formerly used to remove stains from cloth. -- Fuller's thistle or weed
  • STILLING
    A stillion.
  • STILLAGE
    A low stool to keep the goods from touching the floor. Knight.
  • WHICHEVER; WHICHSOEVER
    Whether one or another; whether one or the other; which; that one which; as, whichever road you take, it will lead you to town.
  • PROFESS
    or nun), L. professus, p. p. of profiteri to profess; pro before, 1. To make open declaration of, as of one's knowledge, belief, action, etc.; to avow or acknowledge; to confess publicly; to own or admit freely. "Hear me profess sincerely." Shak.
  • PROFESSOR
    1. One who professed, or makes open declaration of, his sentiments or opinions; especially, one who makes a public avowal of his belief in the Scriptures and his faith in Christ, and thus unites himself to the visible church. "Professors
  • BELIEVING
    That believes; having belief. -- Be*liev"ing*ly, adv.
  • ABRENUNCIATION
    Absolute renunciation or repudiation. An abrenunciation of that truth which he so long had professed, and still believed. Fuller.
  • STILLION
    A stand, as for casks or vats in a brewery, or for pottery while drying.
  • PROFESSORSHIP
    The office or position of a professor, or public teacher. Walton.
  • INSTILL
    To drop in; to pour in drop by drop; hence, to impart gradually; to infuse slowly; to cause to be imbibed. That starlight dews All silently their tears of love instill. Byron. How hast thou instilled Thy malice into thousands. Milton. Syn. -- To
  • PISTILLIFEROUS
    Pistillate.
  • DISTILLABLE
    Capable of being distilled; especially, capable of being distilled without chemical change or decomposition; as, alcohol is distillable; olive oil is not distillable.
  • DISTILLATION
    The separation of the volatile parts of a substance from the more fixed; specifically, the operation of driving off gas or vapor from volatile liquids or solids, by heat in a retort or still, and the condensation of the products as far as possible
  • FINESTILLER
    One who finestills.
  • INSTILLATOR
    An instiller.
  • SELF-RENUNCIATION
    The act of renouncing, or setting aside, one's own wishes, claims, etc.; self-sacrifice.
  • DISPROFESS
    To renounce the profession or pursuit of. His arms, which he had vowed to disprofess. Spenser.

 

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