renunciatory
- a word derived from renunciation.
Example Sentences
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Discussing the renunciatory philosophy of the Stoics and Henry David Thoreau, he discerns “a strategy of avoidance, especially in moments when society feels chaotic or catastrophic.”
From New York Times • Jan. 21, 2020
But the renunciatory end takes forever to reach in a prosy, flat, humorless libretto that, if often social-minded in intention, is simple-minded in effect.
From Time Magazine Archive
Last week, 'Chicago's Bishop Charles Palmerston Anderson and Lexington's Rector Charles Stewart Hale joined in praising him for a renunciatory act.
From Time Magazine Archive
The subject was brought to the attention of Lord Clarendon in a casual way by Mr. Adams, but it was not pressed and Mr. Seward refrained from disregarding the renunciatory clause of the treaty.
From The United States and Latin America by Latane, John Holladay
Of such renunciatory gospel Nur Mahal had no cognizance.
From The Great Mogul by Tracy, Louis
