Why this word is great
ABRENUNCIATION — [Noun] The absolute and formal act of renouncing or repudiating something, especially a former belief or allegiance. From Late Latin abrenuntiatio, from Latin ab- ("away, from") + renuntiatio ("proclamation, renunciation"), from renuntiare ("to renounce"). Unlike "renunciation," which may be a quiet, personal relinquishment, or "retraction," which merely unsays a statement, abrenunciation is a public and total severance, a ceremonial divorce from one's own past. It is the heretic burning the sacred text page by page, the citizen shredding a passport before a notary, or the lover returning every last token without a word—a ritual of self-amputation performed to cauterize the past, leaving only the cold, clean space where a conviction once lived.