Noun: abnegation ,ab-ni'gey-shun
- Renunciation of your own interests in favour of the interests of others
"The monk's life of self-abnegation impressed many visitors to the monastery";
- self-abnegation, denial, self-denial, self-renunciation
- The denial and rejection of a doctrine or belief
"abnegation of the Holy Trinity"
Derived forms: abnegations
Type of: denial, forgoing, forswearing, renunciation, selflessness, self-sacrifice
Encyclopedia: Abnegation