Mid 19th century; earliest use found in Thomas Carlyle (1795–1881), author, biographer, and historian. Apparently from renunciant (although this is first attested slightly later): see -ance.
Definition of renunciance in US English:
renunciance
nounrɪˈnʌnsɪəns
rare
Renunciation.
Origin
Mid 19th century; earliest use found in Thomas Carlyle (1795–1881), author, biographer, and historian. Apparently from renunciant (although this is first attested slightly later): see -ance.