renouncers
People giving up
Renouncers are people who formally give up something—a claim, a right, a belief, or a way of life.
The term appears most often in religious contexts, describing those who abandon worldly attachments: Hindu renouncers who leave home to pursue spiritual liberation.
In broader use, renouncers reject what others accept: renouncers of violence, renouncers of citizenship.
People choosing isolation
- monksCloistered religious men
- nunsFemale religious monastics
- fakirsMuslim or Hindu ascetics
- yogisPractitioners of meditative discipline
dervishes · mendicants · cenobites · recluses · solitaries · contemplatives · swamis · lamas
Restraining one's own desires
- temperanceHabitual moderation in behavior
- fastingDeliberate food avoidance
- celibacyAbstaining from intimate relations
- asceticismSevere self-denial practice
restraint · continence · chastity · sobriety · teetotalism · moderation · self-control · discipline
Rejection of connection
- repudiationFormal refusal to accept
- abjurationSworn repudiation of allegiance
- forsakingRenouncing or abandoning completely
- abandonmentAct of leaving permanently
relinquishment · disowning · refusal · spurning · eschewal · denial · apostasy · desertion
Cease resistance, yield
- offeringSomething presented or given
- self-sacrificeSurrendering for others' benefit
- oblationReligious gift offering
- penanceSelf-mortification for wrongdoing
atonement · expiation · immolation · propitiation · votive · libation · purification · redemption
Sincere religious devotion
- faithTrust without proof
- fervorIntense emotional intensity
- zealIntense driving devotion
- devoutnessEarnest religious commitment
reverence · veneration · dedication · commitment · steadfastness · ardor · worship · observance
hermits
People choosing isolation
yogis · dervishes · mendicants · cenobites · recluses · solitaries · contemplatives · swamis · lamas · pilgrims
self-denial
Restraining one's own desires
- temperanceHabitual moderation in behavior
- fastingDeliberate food avoidance
- celibacyAbstaining from intimate relations
asceticism · restraint · continence · chastity · sobriety · teetotalism · moderation · self-control · discipline · abstention
disavowal
Rejection of connection
- repudiationFormal refusal to accept
- abjurationSworn repudiation of allegiance
- forsakingRenouncing or abandoning completely
abandonment · relinquishment · disowning · refusal · spurning · eschewal · denial · apostasy · desertion · abdication
surrender
Cease resistance, yield
- offeringSomething presented or given
- self-sacrificeSurrendering for others' benefit
- oblationReligious gift offering
penance · atonement · expiation · immolation · propitiation · votive · libation · purification · redemption · consecration
piety
Sincere religious devotion
devoutness · reverence · veneration · dedication · commitment · steadfastness · ardor · worship · observance · consecration
renouncersclaimants
Those asserting ownership
claimers · inheritors · heirs · beneficiaries · acquirers
renouncersattachers
Those who affix items
clingers · hoarders · accumulators · materialists · keepers
- renounce the worldReject secular life entirely