SELF-ABNEGATION

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does self-abnegation mean? 

• SELF-ABNEGATION (noun)
  The noun SELF-ABNEGATION has 1 sense:

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

  Familiarity information: SELF-ABNEGATION used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• SELF-ABNEGATION (noun)

Sense 1

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 ("self-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)

 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)