ABNEGATION

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does abnegation mean? 

• ABNEGATION (noun)
  The noun ABNEGATION has 2 senses:

1. the denial and rejection of a doctrine or belief

2. renunciation of your own interests in favor of the interests of others

  Familiarity information: ABNEGATION used as a noun is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• ABNEGATION (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

The denial and rejection of a doctrine or belief

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Context example:

abnegation of the Holy Trinity

Hypernyms ("abnegation" is a kind of...):

denial (the act of refusing to comply (as with a request))

Derivation:

abnegate (deny or renounce)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Renunciation of your own interests in favor of the interests of others

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Synonyms:

abnegation; denial; self-abnegation; self-denial; self-renunciation

Hypernyms ("abnegation" is a kind of...):

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)

Derivation:

abnegate (deny oneself (something); restrain, especially from indulging in some pleasure)

 Context examples 

It was easy to promise self-abnegation when self was wrapped up in another, and heart and soul were purified by a sweet example.

(Little Women, by Louisa May Alcott)

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 Jack London)