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renounce the world

renounce the world verb: to withdraw from worldly society and pleasures in order to focus on a more spiritual life and goals.

Verb

renounce the world (third-person singular simple present renounces the world, present participle renouncing the world, simple past and past participle renounced the world)

  1. To withdraw from worldly society and pleasures in order to focus on a more spiritual life and goals.

Forms of renounce the world

third-person singular presentrenounces the world
present participlerenouncing the world
past participlerenounced the world
pastrenounced the world

Questions about renounce the world

What does renounce the world mean?
Renounce the world means to withdraw from worldly society and pleasures in order to focus on a more spiritual life and goals.
What part of speech is renounce the world?
Renounce the world is a verb.
What is the past tense of renounce the world?
The past tense of renounce the world is renounced the world.

Words near renounce the world in the dictionary

  1. renotoxicity
  2. renotrophic
  3. renotropic
  4. renotubular
  5. renounce
  6. renounce the world
  7. renounceable
  8. renounced
  9. renounced the world
  10. renouncement
  11. renouncements

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