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Definition of Self-renunciation
1. Noun. Renunciation of your own interests in favor of the interests of others.
Generic synonyms: Forgoing, Forswearing, Renunciation, Self-sacrifice, Selflessness
Derivative terms: Abnegate, Deny
Lexicographical Neighbors of Self-renunciation
Literary usage of Self-renunciation
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Works of Orville Dewey, D.D.: With a Biographical Sketch by Orville Dewey (1883)
"It is the principle which is commonly — though, for a reason I shall presently
state, not very happily—denominated self-renunciation, or self-sacrifice. ..."
2. How to Speak in Public by Grenville Kleiser (1906)
"self-renunciation. To be preeminently successful, an orator should relinquish
all self-interest. ... This self- renunciation must be voluntary and complete. ..."
3. How to Speak in Public by Grenville Kleiser (1906)
"self-renunciation. To be preeminently successful, an orator should relinquish
all self-interest. ... This self- renunciation must be voluntary and complete. ..."
4. The Investment of Influence: A Study of Social Sympathy and Service by Newell Dwight Hillis (1898)
"RENOWN THROUGH self-renunciation. History has crowned self-sacrifice as one of
the virtues. In all ages selfishness has been like a flame consuming society, ..."
5. God, the Creator and Lord of All by Samuel Harris (1896)
"In further answer to the question, What is the real principle of the requirement
of the law? we are to consider, in this chapter, the self-renunciation or ..."
6. The New Schaff-Herzog Encyclopedia of Religious Knowledge: Embracing by Johann Jakob Herzog, Philip Schaff, Albert Hauck (1910)
"In this way the state of self-renunciation is brought about. ... The orthodox
theologians did not consider the self- renunciation of Christ mere simulation, ..."
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