renunciant
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- adjective
- /rɪˈnʌnʃənt/
- Formal
- A renunciant lifestyle often involves giving up material possessions in favor of spiritual growth.
Examples
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The present article sets out to introduce and compare abstinent and renunciant practices in Judaism and Hinduism.
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In what follows, I elaborate on the approach I have chosen, which seems to me the best suited for shedding light on the Hindu notion of renunciant separation from the commonly accepted way of human life.
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I mean, you could be like a renunciant, you know, like a, a monk or something.
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He's an ascetic, A renunciant, a proper sadhu.
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Many renunciant individuals choose to live in solitude to focus on their moral and religious practices.
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In various religions, a renunciant is someone who voluntarily abandons worldly pleasures to pursue enlightenment.
Synonyms
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Ready to put other people's needs before your own
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To put other people's needs before your own
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Showing that someone gives up a right or possession
Giving up personal pleasures and comforts for a simple life
How Self-Denying
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Renunciant comes from renounce, which has the prefix re- meaning 'back' and the same root as announce and pronounce meaning 'to tell'. So a renunciant is someone who gives up things by choice, often for moral or religious reasons.