The phrase "a renouncing of" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when discussing the act of formally rejecting or giving up something, such as a belief, claim, or right.
Example: "His statement was seen as a renouncing of his previous commitments to the organization."
Alternatives: "a rejection of" or "a relinquishing of".
"A lot of people take [your new] paper to be a renouncing of your earlier arguments".
But, according to Foucault, the new idea that the mad were merely sick ("mentally" ill) and in need of medical treatment was not at all a clear improvement on earlier conceptions (e.g., the Renaissance idea that the mad were in contact with the mysterious forces of cosmic tragedy or the 17th-18th-century 17th-18th-century 17th-18th-centuryreason).
In 1998, most countries in the world signed a treaty renouncing use of antipersonnel mines, although those not signing included the United States, China and Russia.
Many said that Mr. Lazio had never recovered from the moment at his first debate when he marched over to Mrs. Clinton on the other side of the stage and demanded that she sign a pledge renouncing the use of soft-money.
Several polls have suggested that Mr. Lazio hurt himself with that debate, when he walked across the stage and urged Mrs. Clinton to sign a paper renouncing the use of soft money.
Mrs. Clinton seemed momentarily flustered by Mr. Gore's second re-enactment of the night: this one of her first senatorial debate when Rick A. Lazio, her Republican opponent, marched over and demanded that she sign a pledge renouncing the use of so-called soft money.
Indeed, he only agreed to do this when Clementina signed a "quittance" renouncing, on behalf of herself and her descendants, any further claim on the estate.
Hyundai Heavy Industries, the world's largest shipbuilder, is completing its separation from the Hyundai group in March by renouncing ownership of a significant portion of its shares in Hyundai Asan, which operates tours to North Korea.
What she renounced, of course, was nothing like regular movie criticism.
He also renounced of the Duchy of Troppau in 1501.
The new monarch bestowed the title of Duke of Slavonia upon him, but he renounced of it in 1495.
