adjective
- characterized by or involving the act of giving up or rejecting something, especially rights, claims, or worldly possessions
Usage: formal
Examples
- The monk’s renunciative lifestyle included giving up all personal possessions.
- Her renunciative approach to wealth impressed those who knew her.
- The philosopher advocated a renunciative attitude toward material desires.
- His renunciative decision to leave his fortune behind shocked his family.
- The saint’s renunciative practices became a model for others to follow.
- She adopted a renunciative stance regarding her inheritance.