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renunciative

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re·nun·ci·a·tion  (r-nns-shn)
n.
1. The act or an instance of renouncing: the renunciation of all earthly pleasures.
2. A declaration in which something is renounced.
[Middle English, from Anglo-Norman renunciacion, from Latin renntiti, renntitin-, from renntitus, past participle of renntire, to renounce; see renounce.]
re·nunci·ative, re·nunci·a·tory (--tôr, -tr) adj.
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Adj.1.renunciative - used especially of behavior
renunciant, self-abnegating, self-denying
nonindulgent, strict - characterized by strictness, severity, or restraint


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His creed of determinism was such that it almost amounted to a vice, and quite amounted, on its negative side, to a renunciative philosophy which had cousinship with that of Schopenhauer and Leopardi.
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