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 

• SELF-RENUNCIATION (noun)

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)