self-renunciation

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

self- +‎ renunciation

Noun[edit]

self-renunciation (countable and uncountable, plural self-renunciations)

  1. The act of renouncing one's own rights or claims; self-abnegation.

References[edit]

  • Ogilvie, John. The Imperial Dictionary of the English Language: A Complete Encyclopedic Lexicon, Literary, Scientific, and Technological. Blackie & Son. (1884).
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