self-renunciation

[ self-ri-nuhn-see-ey-shuh n, self- ]

/ ˈsɛlf rɪˌnʌn siˈeɪ ʃən, ˌsɛlf- /

renunciation of one's own will, interests, etc.

Origin of self-renunciation

First recorded in 1785–95

self-re·nun·ci·a·to·ry

[self-ri-nuhn-see-uh-tawr-ee, -tohr-ee, -shee-uh-, self-] /ˌsɛlf rɪˈnʌn si əˌtɔr i, -ˌtoʊr i, -ʃi ə-, ˈsɛlf-/, adjective

The common weal as such is not my weal, but only the furthest extremity of self-renunciation.

The Ego and His Own |Max Stirner
It is all there: love of all men, and non-resistance of evil, and self-renunciation.

The Shadow of Life |Anne Douglas Sedgwick
Would he have won the worlds admiration by his self-renunciation?

The Bible and Life |Edwin Holt Hughes
To Henry Martyn the gulf was visible, the self-renunciation painful, the victory complete.

Cornish Worthies, Volume 2 (of 2) |Walter H. Tregellas

Detractors have done their best to pare away the merit of this act of self-renunciation by attributing it to despair.

Critical Miscellanies, Vol. I |John Morley

self-renunciation

the renunciation of one's own rights, claims, interest, etc, esp in favour of those of others

self-renunciatory, adjective