renunciant
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Etymology edit
From Latin renuntiāns, present participle of renuntiāre.
Noun edit
renunciant (plural renunciants)
- A person who renounces something; especially, someone who renounces worldly life for spiritual reasons, or a person who renounces their citizenship. [from 18th c.]
- 2016, Sunil Khilnani, Incarnations, Penguin, published 2017, page 10:
- The stereotypical image of the Jain renunciant is a monk (or possibly nun) dutifully sweeping the ground gently before him with a small broom […].
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Adjective edit
renunciant (comparative more renunciant, superlative most renunciant)
- That renounces; renouncing. [from 19th c.]
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renunciant
Latin edit
Verb edit
renūnciant