renounce the world
Abandon worldly pursuits
To renounce the world is to withdraw from ordinary social life and its pleasures, typically for religious or spiritual purposes.
Monks and nuns renounce the world when they enter monastic life, giving up material possessions, family ties, and worldly ambitions.
The phrase can also describe anyone who retreats from society: After the scandal, he renounced the world and moved to a cabin in the mountains.
- asceticOne who renounces indulgence
- abnegationRejection of oneself
- take the veilBecome a nun
- monasticismCloistered religious living
- repudiationFormal refusal to accept
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renounce the worldworldliness
Secular, experienced outlook
secular life · carpe diem · make one's mark · civic engagement
renounce the worldavarice
Excessive desire for riches
acquisitiveness · covetousness · greed · consumerism · keeping up with the Joneses
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