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Word Meanings - SELF-RENUNCIATION - Book Publishers vocabulary database

The act of renouncing, or setting aside, one's own wishes, claims, etc.; self-sacrifice.

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  • ASIDE
    1. On, or to, one side; out of a straight line, course, or direction; at a little distance from the rest; out of the way; apart. Thou shalt set aside that which is full. 2 Kings iv. 4. But soft! but soft! aside: here comes the king. Shak.
  • SACRIFICE
    1. The offering of anything to God, or to a god; consecratory rite. Great pomp, and sacrifice, and praises loud, To Dagon. Milton. 2. Anything consecrated and offered to God, or to a divinity; an immolated victin, or an offering of any kind, laid
  • SETTLEMENT
    A disposition of property for the benefit of some person or persons, usually through the medium of trustees, and for the benefit of a wife, children, or other relatives; jointure granted to a wife, or the act of granting it. 2. That which settles,
  • SETT
    See 3
  • SETTER
    A hunting dog of a special breed originally derived from a cross between the spaniel and the pointer. Modern setters are usually trained to indicate the position of game birds by standing in a fixed position, but originally they indicated it by
  • RENOUNCE
    To disclaim having a card of by playing a card of another suit. To renounce probate , to decline to act as the executor of a will. Mozley & W. Syn. -- To cast off; disavow; disown; disclaim; deny; abjure; recant; abandon; forsake; quit; forego;
  • SETTEE
    A long seat with a back, -- made to accommodate several persons at once.
  • SETTLE
    1. A seat of any kind. "Upon the settle of his majesty" Hampole. 2. A bench; especially, a bench with a high back. 3. A place made lower than the rest; a wide step or platform lower than some other part. And from the bottom upon the ground, even
  • RENOUNCEMENT
    The act of disclaiming or rejecting; renunciation. Shak.
  • RENOUNCER
    One who renounces.
  • SETTLER
    1. One who settles, becomes fixed, established, etc. 2. Especially, one who establishes himself in a new region or a colony; a colonist; a planter; as, the first settlers of New England. 3. That which settles or finishes; hence, a blow, etc., which
  • SETTLING
    That which settles at the bottom of a liquid; lees; dregs; sediment. Milton. Settling day, a day for settling accounts, as in the stock market. (more info) 1. The act of one who, or that which, settles; the act of establishing one's self,
  • SETTING-UP EXERCISE
    Any one of a series of gymnastic exercises used, as in drilling recruits, for the purpose of giving an erect carriage, supple muscles, and an easy control of the limbs.
  • SETTERWORT
    The bear's-foot ; -- so called because the root was used in settering, or inserting setons into the dewlaps of cattle. Called also pegroots. Dr. Prior.
  • SACRIFICER
    One who sacrifices.
  • SETTLEDNESS
    The quality or state of being settled; confirmed state. Bp. Hall.
  • SETTING
    1. The act of one who, or that which, sets; as, the setting of type, or of gems; the setting of the sun; the setting of moist plaster of Paris; the setting of a current. 2. The act of marking the position of game, as a setter does;
  • UPSETTING
    Conceited; assuming; as, an upsetting fellow. Jamieson.
  • TYPESETTING
    The act or art of setting type.
  • ROSETTA WOOD
    An east Indian wood of a reddish orange color, handsomely veined with darker marks. It is occasionally used for cabinetwork. Ure.
  • SUNSET; SUNSETTING
    1. The descent of the sun below the horizon; also, the time when the sun sets; evening. Also used figuratively. 'T is the sunset of life gives me mystical lore. Campbell. 2. Hence, the region where the sun sets; the west. Sunset shell , a West
  • FRISETTE; FRIZETTE
    a fringe of hair or curls worn about the forehead by women.
  • ANISETTE
    A French cordial or liqueur flavored with anise seeds. De Colange.
  • NARRAGANSETTS
    A tribe of Indians who formerly inhabited the shores of Narragansett Bay.
  • ROUSSETTE
    A fruit bat, especially the large species inhabiting the islands of the Indian ocean. It measures about a yard across the expanded wings.
  • FALSETTO
    A false or artificial voice; that voice in a man which lies above his natural voice; the male counter tenor or alto voice. See Head voice, under Voice.
  • CASSETTE
    See SEGGAR
  • FOSSETTE
    A small, deep-centered ulcer of the transparent cornea. (more info) 1. A little hollow; hence, a dimple.
  • DISSETTLEMENT
    The act of unsettling, or the state of being unsettled. Marvell.
  • CROSSETTE
    A return in one of the corners of the architrave of a door or window; -- called also ancon, ear, elbow. The shoulder of a joggled keystone.
  • COSSETTE
    One of the small chips or slices into which beets are cut in sugar making.
  • ROSETTA STONE
    A stone found at Rosetta, in Egypt, bearing a trilingual inscription, by aid of which, with other inscriptions, a key was obtained to the hieroglyphics of ancient Egypt. Brande & C.

 

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