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renunciate

/ rɪˈnʌnsɪɪt /

noun

  1. Hinduism another word for sannyasi

  2. Christianity any religious devotee who renounces earthly pleasures and lives as an ascetic

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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The restitution process could be further complicated by the fact that Mr. Raniere has long presented himself to the world as a “renunciate” who shunned material possessions, and he may not have the means to pay whatever he is ordered to hand over.

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In court papers filed in February, Maxwell had offered to renunciate her French and British citizenships.

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State Department, an American has to appear in person before a diplomatic officer in a foreign country and sign an oath to formally renunciate his or her citizenship.

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She had moved back into the shadow, where mothers sit with kind eyes that no one gazes into, and sweet mouths that no one kisses, and white hands that bless and renunciate.

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However, I was not called upon to renunciate anything.

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