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self-renunciation

[ self-ri-nuhn-see-ey-shuhn, self- ]

noun

  1. renunciation of one's own will, interests, etc.


self-renunciation

noun

  1. the renunciation of one's own rights, claims, interest, etc, esp in favour of those of others
“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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Derived Forms

  • ˌself-reˈnunciatory, adjective
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Other Words From

  • self-re·nun·ci·a·to·ry [self-ri-, nuhn, -see-, uh, -tawr-ee, -tohr-ee, -shee-, uh, -, self, -], adjective
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Word History and Origins

Origin of self-renunciation1

First recorded in 1785–95
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Example Sentences

She makes the religion of the Florentine reformer to harmonize with her notions of self-renunciation.

Would he have won the worlds admiration by his self-renunciation?

Now, who will furnish the rule for sacrifice, the formula for self-renunciation?

Detractors have done their best to pare away the merit of this act of self-renunciation by attributing it to despair.

They maintain that the essence of either feeling, in its best form, is absolute self-renunciation and self-sacrifice.

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