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  3. /renunciate

renunciate

UK/ri'nʌnsieit/US
GREC2

Definitions

n.

A person who has renounced worldly life or possessions (often in a spiritual context)

弃绝者;出家者,修行者

Root Breakdown

Root-derived
re-again, back
+
nunciannounce, proclaim, declare
+
-ateto make, having
=renunciate

re- (back, away) + nunci (Latinate nounc) + -ate (one who). A renunciate is one who has renounced — someone who has formally given up worldly things, typically for a spiritual or ascetic life.

Root nounc still carries 10 more words

Example Sentences

  • 1.

    He lived as a renunciate, owning nothing but a robe and a bowl.

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