Hypertext Webster Gateway: "abnegation"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Abnegation \Ab`ne*ga"tion\, n. [L. abnegatio: cf. F.
abn['e]gation.]
a denial; a renunciation.
With abnegation of God, of his honor, and of religion,
they may retain the friendship of the court. --Knox.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
abnegation
n : renunciation of your own interests in favor of the interests
of others [syn: {self-abnegation}, {denial}, {self-denial},
{self-renunciation}]
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