Noun: self-abnegation 'self,ab-nu'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";
- abnegation, denial, self-denial, self-renunciation
Derived forms: self-abnegations
Type of: forgoing, forswearing, renunciation, selflessness, self-sacrifice
Encyclopedia: Self-abnegation