self-renunciation
Americannoun
noun
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Origin of self-renunciation
First recorded in 1785–95
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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
Many were the causes which predisposed her to what was, after all, anything but an act of self-renunciation.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 6, Slice 3 "Chitral" to "Cincinnati" by Various
"For poverty and self-renunciation The Father yieldeth back a thousand-fold; In the calm stillness of regeneration, Cometh a joy we never knew of old."
From Brother Francis Less than the least by Douglas, Eileen
Religious observances provide the sensuous atmosphere, the call for self-renunciation, the means of expressing powerful and voluminous feeling, that the potential or disappointed lover needs.
From Religion & Sex Studies in the Pathology of Religious Development by Cohen, Chapman
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