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Although Roy is by no means a Gandhian renouncer of worldly goods, a good percentage of her royalties have funded causes she describes as "edgy", but is reluctant to name.

From The Guardian • Jan. 29, 2011

But there seemed an absolute resolution formed to crush this acquaintance, and compel me to appear its wilful renouncer.

From The Diary and Letters of Madame D'Arblay — Volume 3 by Burney, Fanny

To the pessimistic mood of India He appeals as one whose companionship makes this life more worth living; for Christ was not a jogi in the Indian sense of a renouncer of the world.

From New Ideas in India During the Nineteenth Century A Study of Social, Political, and Religious Developments by Morrison, John

He received valuable presents, which he distributed to the poor, who acclaimed him as 'Zahed'—a renouncer of earthly pleasures.

From The River War An Account of the Reconquest of the Sudan by Churchill, Winston

A person becomes a true renouncer by casting off every internal and external attachment, and not simply by abandoning home for dwelling in the woods.

From The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa, Volume 3 Books 8, 9, 10, 11 and 12 by Ganguli, Kisari Mohan