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   abnegation

   /ˌabnɪˈɡeɪʃn/

   noun

   • 1. the action of renouncing or rejecting something: "abnegation of political power" Similar renunciationrejectionrefusalabandonmentabdicationsurrendergiving uprelinquishmentabjurationrepudiationdenialeschewaldisavowalcasting asideOpposite acceptance
   • ▪ self-denial: "people are capable of abnegation and unselfishness" Similar self-denialself-sacrificeabstinencetemperancecontinenceasceticismabstemiousnessausterityrenunciationresignationOpposite self-indulgence

   Word Origin Middle English: from Latin abnegatio(n-), from the verb abnegare (see abnegate).

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