Abnegation Definition

ăbnĭ-gāshən

noun

Self-denial.

American Heritage

A giving up of rights, etc.; self-denial; renunciation.

Webster's New World

The definition of abnegation is the act of self-sacrificing by giving up your own interests.

An example of abnegation is when a successful lawyer gives up her practice in order to become a missionary.

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A denial; a renunciation; denial of desire or self-interest. [First attested around 1350 to 1470.]

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Other Word Forms of Abnegation

Singular:

abnegation

Plural:

abnegations

First attested before 1398. From abnegacioun Late Latin abnegātiō, from abnegō (“refuse, deny”), from ab (“off”) + negō (“deny; refuse, say no”). Compare French abnégation.

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