This however, does not imply a renunciation of the world, nor a loss of effectiveness within it. From LearnThat.org. [yourdictionary.com]
But, in its essence, renunciation is ever the same. From Wordnik.com. [The Story of Jees Uck] Reference
One great renunciation is possible, some times easy, as death may be; but to "die daily!". From Wordnik.com. [John Halifax, Gentleman] Reference
If renunciation is not preformed in the presence of a U.S. official i'm not worried about it. From Wordnik.com. [Mexican citizenship requirements] Reference
The second half repeated the same pattern, a substantial burst of joy protectively encased in renunciation and loss. From Wordnik.com. [To-morrow, and to-morrow, and to-morrow] Reference
The word renunciation in English is also misleading, for it implies that we have to give up everything and go live in a cave. From Wordnik.com. [Basic Questions on Detachment, Nonviolence, and Compassion] Reference
After a long delay he managed to read the opening passage, but when he came to the first "renunciation" -- the Brenner for the. From Wordnik.com. [The Birth of Yugoslavia, Volume 2] Reference
According to Diputada Clouthier's letter of renunciation, which is cited in this article. From Wordnik.com. [La Profesora Abstraida] Reference
It can take as long as 10 years to decide whether or not your renunciation will be accepted at all. From Wordnik.com. [Coyote Blog » Blog Archive » Funniest Quote of the Week, Maybe the Year] Reference
If you are so much as upper middle class, the government automatically labels your renunciation as a tactic to avoid paying taxes. From Wordnik.com. [Coyote Blog » Blog Archive » Funniest Quote of the Week, Maybe the Year] Reference
Later she grew anxious over the round of life, and saw the bane of the pleasures of sense, and discerned that safety lay in renunciation. From Wordnik.com. [Psalms of the Sisters] Reference
Besides, the merit of every kind of renunciation belongs to him in that way. From Wordnik.com. [The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa, Volume 3 Books 8, 9, 10, 11 and 12] Reference
In 1944 the Reichsführer SS had "renunciation" tests carried out in Ravensbrück. From Wordnik.com. [Commandant of Auschwitz]
That is, the renunciation of pernicious allopathy and the knowledge of the truth. From Wordnik.com. [The Schoolmaster] Reference
(Seeing this in the absence of some kind of renunciation from someone(everyone) in the movement.). From Wordnik.com. [The Volokh Conspiracy » Immigration: Costs and Benefits, in Liberty and Otherwise] Reference
The word that has been translated as "renunciation" actually means "the determination to be free". From Wordnik.com. [Basic Questions on Detachment, Nonviolence, and Compassion] Reference
(Seeing this in the absence of some kind of renunciation from someone (everyone) in the movement.). From Wordnik.com. [The Volokh Conspiracy » Immigration: Costs and Benefits, in Liberty and Otherwise] Reference
These ministrations, which began as a kind of renunciation, have now turned into an unselfish selfishness. From Wordnik.com. [Different Girls] Reference
He is preferred the cup of "renunciation," and forgetfulness, and is shown the way to his next embodiment. From Wordnik.com. [Insights and Heresies Pertaining to the Evolution of the Soul] Reference
The fifth kind of renunciation consists in not soliciting even one's sons, wives, and others that may all be very dear. From Wordnik.com. [The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa, Volume 2 Books 4, 5, 6 and 7] Reference
And this was, of a truth, the "great renunciation!". From Wordnik.com. [My Daily Meditation for the Circling Year] Reference
It was renunciation -- but it made me hard; it killed Louis. From Wordnik.com. [Flamsted quarries] Reference
And behind it all is the band's renunciation of rock-star attitude. From Wordnik.com. [They Did It Their Way] Reference
Her renunciation was perfect, but nevertheless she could not reconcile herself to it. From Wordnik.com. [Ideala] Reference
Curiously enough he appears to approve of suicide by starvation, as indicating a renunciation of the will to live. From Wordnik.com. [A Handbook of Ethical Theory] Reference
At a time of his own deliberate choosing, often after many hours of hankering and renunciation, he smoked his cigar. From Wordnik.com. [Appreciations of Richard Harding Davis] Reference
Every other human infirmity may be rounded off, merged into a lofty ideal of acceptance, renunciation, and expiation. From Wordnik.com. [Lippincott's Magazine, November 1885] Reference
But his general recommendation is asceticism, renunciation of the striving for pleasure, the voluntary acceptance of pain. From Wordnik.com. [A Handbook of Ethical Theory] Reference
She had a presentiment of a melancholy future of solitude, of renunciation, of secret tears; but near him grief became a fete. From Wordnik.com. [The French Immortals Series — Complete] Reference
The effect of these revelations in a culture that has abandoned the ideal of renunciation, except of dessert, was electrifying. From Wordnik.com. [He Gave At The Office] Reference
What the move to Matador Records does signify is a renunciation of the corporate-music model, of going after the gold sales ring. From Wordnik.com. [Fringe Benefits] Reference
Dreams enough he wove in all surety, but they had to do with the blinding heights of sacrifice, the wistful valleys of renunciation. From Wordnik.com. [The Maid of the Whispering Hills] Reference
To be thus placed between the ban of excommunication and the renunciation of their illegally held slaves, was an intolerable prospect. From Wordnik.com. [Bartholomew de Las Casas; his life, apostolate, and writings] Reference
The religious tradition of the West begins with a great renunciation of blood offering, when Abraham put down the knife and unbound Isaac. From Wordnik.com. [The Gods Must Be Hungry] Reference
Now, Obama has made Bush's pitiless renunciation of New Orleans his own policy just as Obama turned Bush's war in Afghanistan into his own. From Wordnik.com. [Greg Palast: Bush'd Again? New Orleans, Mr. O and Mr. Go] Reference
Casas from Don Francisco Marroquin, who had recently been appointed Bishop of Guatemala after the renunciation of Fray Domingo de Betanzos. From Wordnik.com. [Bartholomew de Las Casas; his life, apostolate, and writings] Reference
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