renounce the world
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renounce the world (third-person singular simple present renounces the world, present participle renouncing the world, simple past and past participle renounced the world)
- To withdraw from worldly society and pleasures in order to focus on a more spiritual life and goals.
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- “renounce the world”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.