SINCE 1828
self-renunciation
noun
self-re·nun·ci·a·tion
| \ ˌself-ri-ˌnən(t)-sē-ˈā-shən
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plural self-renunciations
Definition of self-renunciation
: the renouncing of one's own wishes, desires, or ambitions
But what is surely foreign to most of us is the life of prayer, self-renunciation, and single-minded spiritual pursuit.— Joel J. Miller Our tenderness and self-renunciation seem strong when our egoism has had its day …— George Eliot
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