self-renunciation
Americannoun
noun
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Etymology
Origin of self-renunciation
First recorded in 1785–95
Example Sentences
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If this is followed to its logical conclusion, Harvard will undergo nothing short of total self-renunciation.
From Washington Post ● Mar. 18, 2016
It is startling to realize that what we call extreme self-seeking is actually self-renunciation.
From Time Magazine Archive
He preaches self-renunciation; but the self-renunciation he commends is not self-mortification; it is the active self-abandonment of devotion to our appropriate work.
From Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern, Vol. 16 by Various
At his left hand stands the priest in his splendid robes of office, proffering the symbol of suffering and self-renunciation.
From The Story of an Ostrich An Allegory and Humorous Satire in Rhyme. by Judd Isaacs
I ought not to have robbed you of your peace, to have taken from you the power of self-renunciation; I acknowledge it.
From Countess Erika's Apprenticeship by Ossip Schubin
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