renounce the world
Verb
Meaning
renounce the world (third-person singular simple present renounces the world, present participle renouncing the world, simple past and past participle renounced the world)
To withdraw from worldly society and pleasures in order to focus on a more spiritual life and goals.
Examples
Whoever has found the world and become enriched, let him renounce the world.
When love has once been sincere, how difficult it is to determine to love no more? 'Tis a thousand times more easy to renounce the world than love.