renounce the world

verb

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

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Meanings

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

present singular third person renounces the world · participle present renouncing the world · participle past renounced the world · past renounced the world

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

Translations

Finnish vetäytyä pois maailmasta
  • vetäytyä pois maailmastaTranslations
French renoncer au monde
  • renoncer au mondeTranslations
Polish uciekać przed społeczeństwem, uciec przed społeczeństwem
  • uciekać przed społeczeństwemTranslations
  • uciec przed społeczeństwemTranslations
Cite this entry
APA

renounce the world. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/renounce%20the%20world

MLA

“renounce the world.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/renounce%20the%20world. Accessed November 5, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “renounce the world,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/renounce%20the%20world.

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