Usually means: Renouncing personal desires and interests.
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  2. abnegation: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. abnegation: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. abnegation: Collins English Dictionary
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  6. Abnegation, abnegation: Wordnik
  7. abnegation: Wiktionary
  8. abnegation: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  9. Abnegation, abnegation: Dictionary.com
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  11. Abnegation: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
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  13. abnegation: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  14. abnegation: Rhymezone
  15. Abnegation: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  16. abnegation: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  17. abnegation: FreeDictionary.org
  18. abnegation: Mnemonic Dictionary
  19. abnegation: TheFreeDictionary.com
  20. abnegation: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
  21. abnegation: Merriam-Webster

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▸ noun:  A denial; a renunciation; denial of desire or self-interest.

Similar:
denial, self-renunciation, self-abnegation, self-denial, abstinence, negation, autonegation, nonabdication, abstention, abstainment, more...

Opposite:
self-abnegation, self-denial

Phrases:
self abnegation, more...

Adjectives:
self, complete, total, such, utter, absolute, entire, perfect, heroic, sublime, much

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Similar:
denial, self-renunciation, self-abnegation, self-denial, abstinence, negation, autonegation, nonabdication, abstention, abstainment, more...

Opposite:
self-abnegation, self-denial

Phrases:
self abnegation, more...

Adjectives:
self, complete, total, such, utter, absolute, entire, perfect, heroic, sublime, much

Colors:
    gray,     white,     black,     charcoal,     silver, more...



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