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Meanings of self-renunciation in English
Renunciation of your own interests in favor of the interests of others.
Synonyms
Examples for "denial"
Examples for "denial"
1
However, denial of immunity doesn't necessarily mean a certain loss for police.
2
Outright denial of climate science is becoming an increasingly difficult political position.
3
North Korea repeated its denial of such speculation in the new statement.
4
OK, much of Greece's political class was in a state of denial.
5
Penalties include seizure of assets, visa bans and denial of government contracts.
1
He grew in the grace of patience, and in spirituality and self-abnegation.
2
By the completeness of self-abnegation may the footsteps of love be traced.
3
Such self-abnegation caused him to become the full brunt of the beatings.
4
Yet the laugh was politeness carried to the utmost point of self-abnegation.
5
The martyr's abnegation of self is not yet dead in the world.
1
Instead he had chosen exhausting labor and stern self-denial in the wilds.
2
Capital represents the self-denial, the providence, and the enterprise of the past.
3
And then the toil and self-denial for the stocking and the tree
4
The citizens went to the polls in a mood of exalted self-denial.
5
The majority prefer the enjoyment of pleasure to the practice of self-denial.
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He grew in the grace of patience, and in spirituality and self-abnegation.
2
By the completeness of self-abnegation may the footsteps of love be traced.
3
Such self-abnegation caused him to become the full brunt of the beatings.
4
Yet the laugh was politeness carried to the utmost point of self-abnegation.
5
The Chinese, who knew everything beforehand, are perfect in self-abnegation of manner.
Usage of self-renunciation in English
1
We have self-renunciation as the condition of entering the kingdom.
2
The Schmidts were doing hard service requiring the utmost self-renunciation.
3
What is that to the glorious self-renunciation of a martyr in pearls and diamonds?
4
Or perhaps it rather means, If self-renunciation is the condition, who can fulfil it?
5
Your life will be one of self-renunciation; but, God knows there are many such!
6
He ascribed to me a power of self-renunciation which won his ardent approval and admiration.
7
Francis had given himself up too completely not to claim from others an absolute self-renunciation.
8
Ceaseless toil, self-renunciation, and love, have cleared its pathway.
9
Of this great company, what can we say save that they won renown through self-renunciation!
10
They desired to lose themselves in ecstatic self-renunciation.
11
Such a self-renunciation is not common in England.
12
My brother's chief characteristic was neither egotism nor self-renunciation, but a strict mean between the two.
13
Talk away about self-renunciation, for that is beautiful; but at the same time practice a little honesty.
14
But in his self-renunciation he gave her advice that sprang out of his own sorrow and pessimism.
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It was a final act of self-renunciation.
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Apart from that Wisdom which is inseparable from self-renunciation, there can be no real and abiding peace.