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

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

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

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

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

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

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