abnegation

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Self-denial.

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Noun	1.	abnegation - the denial and rejection of a doctrine or belief; "abnegation of the Holy Trinity" denial - the act of refusing to comply (as with a request); "it resulted in a complete denial of his privileges"
	2.	abnegation - renunciation of your own interests in favor of the interests of others self-abnegation, self-renunciation, self-denial, denial forgoing, forswearing, renunciation - the act of renouncing; sacrificing or giving up or surrendering (a possession or right or title or privilege etc.) self-sacrifice, selflessness - acting with less concern for yourself than for the success of the joint activity

abnegation

noun

1. giving up, surrender, refusal, rejection, abandonment, renunciation, sacrifice, forbearance, disallowance, relinquishment, eschewal, abjuration He attacked 'society' for its abnegation of responsibility.

2. abstinence, continence, temperance, renunciation, self-denial These monks took to abnegation and scourging as expiation for the sins of the world.

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abnegation [ˌæbnɪˈgeɪʃən] N (frm) → abnegación f

abnegation

n → Verzicht m (→ of auf +acc), → Entsagung f

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abdication abnegate asceticism denial forgoing forswearing heroic nihilism renunciation self self-abnegation self-denial self-renunciation self-sacrifice selflessness	But this was the way this system of abnegation was paid for: instead of wearing such mean habiliments as his paternal fortunes entitled him to, he was able to appear brilliant, superb, like a young noble of fifty thousand livres a year. Ten Years Later by Dumas, Alexandre View in context It was the sublime abnegation of true love that comes to all lovers, and it came to him there, at the telephone, in a whirlwind of fire and glory; and to die for her, he felt, was to have lived and loved well. Martin Eden by London, Jack View in context There were two new hotels-- one a "Temperance House," whose ascetic quality was confined only to the abnegation of whiskey--a rival stage office, and a small one-storied building, from which the "Sierran Banner" fluttered weekly, for "ten dollars a year, in advance. Devil's Ford by Harte, Bret View in context	ablepsia ablepsy Abler Ablet Abligate Abligurition Ablins ablism ablocate abloom ABLS Ablude Abluent Ablush abluted ablution Ablutionary ablutions ablutomania Abluvion ably ABM abn Abnaki abnegate abnegation Abnegative Abnegator Abnet Abney level Abnodate Abnodation abnormal abnormal psychology abnormalcy abnormalism abnormalist abnormality abnormally Abnormity Abnormous Abo Åbo ABO antibodies ABO blood group system ABO group ABO system aboard abocclusion Abodance abode	ABN AMRO ABN Amro Bank ABN AMRO Dual Advantage Fund ABN AMRO Financial Services, Inc. ABN AMRO Hypotheken Groep ABN AMRO Lease Holding ABN AMRO Morgans Limited ABN Packaging International ABNA Abnaki Abnaki Abnaki War Abnakis Abnakis ABNAS ABNB ABNC ABNCC ABNCOC ABNCP ABNDASC ABNE abnegate abnegate abnegated abnegated abnegates abnegates abnegating abnegating abnegation abnegations abnegations Abnegative Abnegative abnegator abnegator abnegators abnegators Abnepos Abner Abner Abner Kravitz Abner V. McCall Abner, Herrman and Brock, Inc. ABNERA abnerval abnerval current ABNES Abnet abneural Abney effect Abney law Abney level Abney level Abney levels Abney levels Abney mounting Abney's law Abney's law Abney's law

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abdication
abnegate
asceticism
denial
forgoing
forswearing
heroic
nihilism
renunciation
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self-abnegation
self-denial
self-renunciation
self-sacrifice
selflessness

But this was the way this system of abnegation was paid for: instead of wearing such mean habiliments as his paternal fortunes entitled him to, he was able to appear brilliant, superb, like a young noble of fifty thousand livres a year.

Ten Years Later by Dumas, Alexandre View in context

It was the sublime abnegation of true love that comes to all lovers, and it came to him there, at the telephone, in a whirlwind of fire and glory; and to die for her, he felt, was to have lived and loved well.

Martin Eden by London, Jack View in context

There were two new hotels-- one a "Temperance House," whose ascetic quality was confined only to the abnegation of whiskey--a rival stage office, and a small one-storied building, from which the "Sierran Banner" fluttered weekly, for "ten dollars a year, in advance.

Devil's Ford by Harte, Bret View in context

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