[ US /ˌæbnɛˈɡeɪʃən/ ]
[ UK /ˌæbnɪɡˈe‍ɪʃən/ ]
NOUN
  1. renunciation of your own interests in favor of the interests of others
  2. the denial and rejection of a doctrine or belief
    abnegation of the Holy Trinity
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How To Use abnegation In A Sentence

  • This self-abnegation from letters of the 1970s should be taken as sincere. The Times Literary Supplement
  • At this point in the play, folk culture of Lenten abnegation and christening joy collides with mannered personal interaction and judgmental asperity.
  • Moreover, Llewellyn's almost complete abnegation of issues of style, iconography, authorship, or artistic quality results in a rather restricted view of the monuments as mere historical objects, as products of an industry.
  • We enjoy the abnegation of responsibility that comes with a terse command. Times, Sunday Times
  • If, however, we include in the term morality the transitory display of certain qualities such as abnegation, self-sacrifice, disinterestedness, devotion, and the need of equity, we may say, on the contrary, that crowds may exhibit at times a very lofty morality. The Crowd: A Study of the Popular Mind
  • If the Court holds fast to its abnegation of this traditional role, it could mark a sea change in federal-state relations.
  • Women responded especially strongly to this soulful portrait of grief, self-abnegation and recovery. Times, Sunday Times
  • Professor Haroon Mustafa Leon elaborates: ‘one of the glories of Islam is that it is founded on reason, and that it never demands from its followers an abnegation of that important mental faculty.’
  • He begins by noting what should be obvious: Given the centrality of freedom of expression "to an academic community, a university's suing a student for libel constitutes a curious act of self-abnegation, rather like the United Way taking a position against charitable giving, or the National Cattlemen's Beef Association urging that all Americans embrace a vegan diet. Michael Zimmerman, Ph.D.: When Academic Administrators Lose Their Moral Compass
  • She has therefore an opportunity for exercising in behalf of her dog that beautiful self-abnegation which is said to be a part of woman's nature, impelling her always to prefer that her laurels should be worn by somebody else. Women and the Alphabet A Series of Essays
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