Self-abnegation

Quick meaning: Self-abnegation is a noun meaning The denial or invalidation of one's own needs, interests, etc. for the sake of another's; the setting aside of self-interest.

Meaning

The denial or invalidation of one's own needs, interests, etc. for the sake of another's; the setting aside of self-interest.

More Meanings

1. (countable) An act of self-denial.

Example Sentences

[King Charles] lacks, too, that aura of self-abnegation, of having surrendered himself to duty.

You understand, of course, that it is only by serving and self-abnegation that we advance in the higher world."

[…] self-abnegations often repeated imply on the part of the actor a tacit ascription of relative selfishness to others who profit by the self-abnegations.

Certain business titans have made Mar-A-Lago a scene of such flagrant self-abnegation, ring-kissing, and genuflection that it would embarrass a medieval Pope.

Word Forms

• self-abnegations

Synonyms for self-abnegation

Depending on context, synonyms include self-denial, self-sacrifice, abnegation, denial, self-renunciation.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include self-denial, abnegation, self-renunciation, denial, self-naughting, selfabsorption.

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