abnegation (n.)

  1. the denial and rejection of a doctrine or belief; abnegation of the Holy Trinity'

  2. renunciation of your own interests in favor of the interests of others

    [ Syn: self-abnegation , self-abnegation , denial , denial , self-denial , self-denial , self-renunciation , self-renunciation ]

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