The Bodhisattva ideal in Tibetan Buddhism involves the complete renunciation of oneself in order to take on the burden of a suffering world.

So pure in heart was he that he was convinced all men should be ready for complete personal renunciation, once they had seen the light of reason and justice.

'Realization of God', he claims, 'is impossible without complete renunciation of the sexual desire.'

In Roman Catholicism, a black veil is a symbol of the most complete renunciation of the world and adoption of a nun's life.

It was extremely rare for him to advise sannyas, or complete worldly renunciation by becoming a swami.

She became a most earnest believer, and after a time made a complete renunciation of the world.

The appellation "Obedient" was bestowed upon the monk for the deep humility peculiar to him and for the complete renunciation of his own will.

Some of the extremer pacifists, starting out with a complete renunciation of violence, have ended by warmly championing Hitler and even toying with antisemitism.

Creeds like pacifism and anarchism, which seem on the surface to imply a complete renunciation of power, rather encourage this habit of mind.

The essence of it is in complete and final renunciation of the Stalinist model of federation, in which federal character was only declared while unitarianism was being implanted.