单词 | renunciator |
释义 | renunciatorn. A person who renounces something; a renunciant. ΘΚΠ the mind > will > decision > irresolution or vacillation > reversal of or forsaking one's will or purpose > [noun] > recantation or retraction > person who recanter1545 unsayer1583 abnegator1605 renunciant1745 renunciator1800 1800 J. Johnstone On Madness p. vii Plain matter of fact, divested as much as possible of theory, the most obvious phenomena, undecorated, and unvarnished, are all that the renunciator ought to attempt. 1826 R. Chambers Pop. Rhymes Scotl. 74 This is confirmed by the expressions used in the charter of renunciation by his son above mentioned,—the renunciator being styled, ‘Thomas de Ercildoun’. 1904 William & Mary Q. 12 249 Renunciator of the executorship of the estate of Francis Townshend. 1950 Times 11 July 5/6 Count Sforza..has long borne the label of ‘renunciator’. 1995 Jrnl. Amer. Acad. Relig. 63 293 The Great Emancipator Abraham Lincoln and the Great Renunciator Gautama Buddha. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2009; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < |
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