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
He was no longer in sympathy with that mood of self-renunciation which had influenced him in their last interview.
From Sister Dolorosa and Posthumous Fame by Allen, James Lane
"Far be it from me to belittle them who recognized their hard and repulsive duty in the plague last winter, and performed it with utter self-renunciation," said Stephen Hopkins.
From A Pilgrim Maid A Story of Plymouth Colony in 1620 by Taggart, Marion Ames
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