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

Derived Forms

• ˌself-reˈnunciatory, adjective

Other Words From

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

Word History and Origins

Origin of self-renunciation¹

First recorded in 1785–95

Example Sentences

If this is followed to its logical conclusion, Harvard will undergo nothing short of total self-renunciation.

From Washington Post

The first condition of all really great moral excellence is a spirit of genuine self-sacrifice and self-renunciation.

From Project Gutenberg

"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 Project Gutenberg

“By hope and faith and charity, and the sublime doctrine of self-renunciation, all will yet come right, my father.”

From Project Gutenberg

The least act of pure self-renunciation hallows, for the moment, all within its sphere.

From Project Gutenberg