abnegations

ab·ne·ga·tion (

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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	Jerome, chose the abnegations of the Great Salt Lake and the displacement of familiar places for his penance. Gallery chronicle by Panero, James / New Criterion from Harvard: I am thinking of what the scholar imposes upon himself; better, perhaps, of what he may fail to impose upon himself; of those abnegations which are the condition of his preserving the serenity in which alone he can work; I am thinking of an aloofness from burning issues, which is hard for generous and passionate natures, but without which they almost inevitably become advocates, agitators, crusaders, and propagandists. Gerald Gunther by Souter, David H.; Ginsburg, Ruth Bader (U.S. Supreme Court Justice); Sullivan, Kathleen M.; Casper, / Stanford Law Review its meaning on various levels and within a host of conflicting attitudes, experiences, abnegations, and recognitions. Berlin Phoenix by Spens, Michael / The Architectural Review	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 abnegations 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 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 abnegation 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 Abney's law ABNF

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abdication
abnegate
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self-denial
self-renunciation
self-sacrifice
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Jerome, chose the abnegations of the Great Salt Lake and the displacement of familiar places for his penance.

Gallery chronicle by Panero, James / New Criterion

from Harvard: I am thinking of what the scholar imposes upon himself; better, perhaps, of what he may fail to impose upon himself; of those abnegations which are the condition of his preserving the serenity in which alone he can work; I am thinking of an aloofness from burning issues, which is hard for generous and passionate natures, but without which they almost inevitably become advocates, agitators, crusaders, and propagandists.

Gerald Gunther by Souter, David H.; Ginsburg, Ruth Bader (U.S. Supreme Court Justice); Sullivan, Kathleen M.; Casper, / Stanford Law Review

its meaning on various levels and within a host of conflicting attitudes, experiences, abnegations, and recognitions.

Berlin Phoenix by Spens, Michael / The Architectural Review

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