renunciant

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Latin renuntiāns, present participle of renuntiāre.

Noun[edit]

renunciant (plural renunciants)

  1. A person who renounces something; especially, someone who renounces worldly life for spiritual reasons, or a person who renounces their citizenship. [from 18th c.]
    • 2016, Sunil Khilnani, Incarnations, Penguin, published 2017, page 10:
      The stereotypical image of the Jain renunciant is a monk (or possibly nun) dutifully sweeping the ground gently before him with a small broom […].

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Adjective[edit]

renunciant (comparative more renunciant, superlative most renunciant)

  1. That renounces; renouncing. [from 19th c.]

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Catalan[edit]

Verb[edit]

renunciant

  1. gerund of renunciar

Latin[edit]

Verb[edit]

renūnciant

  1. third-person plural present active indicative of renūnciō