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self-reˈnounced, ppl. a.
[Formed after self-renunciation; see self- 2.]
Full of self-renunciation. So self-reˈnouncement = self-renunciation; self-reˈnouncing ppl. a. (hence -reˈnouncingly adv.).
1838Mrs. Browning Virgin Mary to Child Jesus vi, I knelt down..Too *self-renounced for fears.
1842Manning Serm. v. (1848) I. 75 To take shelter in a secret life of *self-renouncement. 1873M. Arnold Lit. & Dogma (1876) 93 Self-examination, self-renouncement, and mildness.
1781Cowper Truth 568 That *self-renouncing wisdom. 1858Geo. Eliot Scenes Clerical Life, Janet's Repent. xix. II. 285 The self-renouncing faith which has soothed that conflict into rest. 1859― A. Bede i. iv, Such a woman as Lisbeth..at once patient and complaining, self-renouncing and exacting.
1842Mrs. Browning Grk. Chr. Poets 196 Trustfully as child before mother, *self-renouncingly as child after sin. |