Klryz
Pronunciation guide: IPA symbols, stress and word endings

Vowels

iːseeɪsite / ɛbedæcat
ɑːfatherɒhot (UK)ɔːlawʊput
uːtooʌcupɜːbirdəabout
eɪdayaɪmyɔɪboyaʊnow
əʊ / oʊgo (UK / US)ɪəneareəhairʊətour

Consonants that look unusual

θthinðthisʃsheʒmeasure
tʃchurchdʒjudgeŋsingjyes

p b t d k g f v s z h m n l r w sound as in ordinary English spelling.

Marks

  • ˈ main stress, before the stressed syllable: /ˈwɔːtə/ water · ˌ lighter (secondary) stress: /ˌʌndəˈstænd/ understand
  • ː a long vowel · (r) an r said only in accents that pronounce it (most American, Scottish, Irish)

Common word endings

  • -s / -es (plurals; he/she form of verbs): /s/ after voiceless sounds (cats), /z/ after voiced (dogs), /ɪz/ after s, z, sh, ch, j sounds (buses, watches). Spelling: -es after s, x, z, ch, sh; consonant + y → -ies (city → cities).
  • -ed (past): /t/ after voiceless sounds (walked), /d/ after voiced (played), /ɪd/ after t or d (wanted). Spelling: love → loved, stop → stopped, carry → carried.
  • -ing: make → making, run → running, see → seeing.
  • Irregular: go, went, gone · be, was, been · see, saw, seen · man → men · child → children · mouse → mice.
  • Older (King James) forms: -eth = -s (he loveth = he loves) · -est with “thou” (thou lovest) · spake = spoke.

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renunciation

noun

Forms renunciations

  1. noun The act of rejecting or renouncing something as invalid. “The President's renunciation of the treaty has upset Congress.”
  2. noun The resignation of an ecclesiastical office. “The bishop's renunciation was on account of his ill health.”
  3. noun (law) The act by which a person abandons a right acquired, but without transferring it to another.
  4. noun (Christianity) In the Anglican baptismal service, the part in which the candidate in person or by his sureties renounces the Devil and all his works.

Synonyms

nonapproval rejection annulment invalidation abnegation declination denial turndown disapproval dissension nonassent nonconsent prohibition refusal repudiation unapproval unconsent abolition abrogation cancellation apostasy defection renouncement forgoing forswearing

Etymology

From Latin renūntiātiō. Compare renounce.

Webster’s 1913

  1. noun The act of renouncing.
  2. noun Formal declination to take out letters of administration, or to assume an office, privilege, or right.

Etymology [Cf. F. renonciation, L. renuntiatio ann announcement. See Renounce.]

Sources: Wiktionary · WordNet 3.0 · Webster’s 1913 — from the Wiktionary entry “renunciation”, CC BY-SA 4.0. Details

Sanskrit

Sanskrit dictionary entries whose meaning includes “renunciation” (best matches first).