Have you ever renounced anything?

Given it up. Forgone. Relinquished. Sworn off. Quit.

renounce

I mean really sworn off, not like giving up candy for Lent or forgoing the drink before dinner while your partner’s on the wagon. Not even like cutting back on salt because your doctor said to.

More like renouncing a religion or (conversely) renouncing worldly things in favor of religion. Renouncing the consumption of meat. Renouncing an ideology or an affiliation. That sort of thing.

What was the reason or the goal, and have you stuck to it?

Tags as I wrote them: renunciation, sannyasi, sacrifice, lifestyle, commitment.