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SELF-RENUNCIATION
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Dictionary entry overview: What does self-renunciation mean?
• SELF-RENUNCIATION (noun)
The noun SELF-RENUNCIATION has 1 sense:
1. renunciation of your own interests in favor of the interests of others
Familiarity information: SELF-RENUNCIATION used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Renunciation of your own interests in favor of the interests of others
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Synonyms:
abnegation; denial; self-abnegation; self-denial; self-renunciation
Hypernyms ("self-renunciation" is a kind of...):
forgoing; forswearing; renunciation (the act of renouncing; sacrificing or giving up or surrendering (a possession or right or title or privilege etc.))
self-sacrifice; selflessness (acting with less concern for yourself than for the success of the joint activity)
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