renunciant vs self-denying

renunciant

noun
  • A person who renounces something; especially, someone who renounces worldly life for spiritual reasons, or a person who renounces their citizenship. 

adj
  • That renounces; renouncing. 

self-denying

adj
  • Without concern for one's own advantage; selfless or self-sacrificing. 

How often have the words renunciant and self-denying occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )