renunciant

From Latin renuntiāns, present participle of renuntiāre.

renunciant (plural renunciants)

1. A person who renounces something; especially, someone who renounces worldly life for spiritual reasons, or a person who renounces their citizenship. [from 18th c.]
   • 2016, Sunil Khilnani, Incarnations, Penguin, published 2017, page 10:

     The stereotypical image of the Jain renunciant is a monk (or possibly nun) dutifully sweeping the ground gently before him with a small broom […].

• renunciate

renunciant (comparative more renunciant, superlative most renunciant)

1. That renounces; renouncing. [from 19th c.]

• renunciate

renunciant

1. present participle of renunciar

renūnciant

1. third-person plural present active indicative of renūnciō