renunciation
renunciation n. (1)放弃 指明确或默示地放弃或抛弃某一权利且未将之转让他人。包括：放弃继承，其效力回溯至被继承人死亡时；不接受赠与；票据的持票人明确表示放弃票据权利；拒绝担任受托人；拒绝担任遗嘱执行人或遗产管理人；代理人终止代理关系等。亦指继承人放弃根据遗嘱所取得的权利，转而主张其法定继承份额。 (2)(刑法)犯罪中止(→disclaimer; repudiation; withdrawal from criminal activity)
RENUNCIATION
renunciation
renunciation (ri-n[schwa]n-see-ay-sh[schwa]n), n. 1. The express or tacit abandonment of a right without transferring it to another. 2. Wills & estates. The act of waiving a right under a will. • At one time, one renounced an inheritance by intestacy and disclaimed a gift by will. Today disclaim is common in both situations. — Also