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Synonyms for self-abnegation
| Grammar : Noun |
| Spell : self-ab-ni-gey-shuh n |
| Phonetic Transcription : ˈsɛlfˌæb nɪˈgeɪ ʃən |
Top 10 synonyms for self-abnegation
- ascetic
- asceticism
- bashfulness
- cancellation
- demission
- demureness
- denial
- diffidence
- disclaimer
- docility
- eschewal
- eschewing
- fawning
- forbearing
- forswearing
- giving up
- inferiority complex
- lack of pride
- lowliness
- meekness
- mortification
- nonresistance
- obedience
- obsequiousness
- passiveness
- quitclaim
- rebuff
- refusal
- relinquishment
- remission
- renouncement
- renunciation
- repeal
- reserve
- resignation
- sacrifice
- self-abasement
- self-abnegation
- self-denial
- self-sacrifice
- selflessness
- servility
- sheepishness
- spurning
- subjection
- submissiveness
- subservience
- surrender
- timidity
- timorousness
- unobtrusiveness
- unpretentiousness
- veto
- waiver
- yielding
Définition of self-abnegation
- As in renunciation : noun abandonment, rejection
- As in self-denial : noun abstinence
- As in quitclaim : noun abdication
- As in relinquishment : noun abdication
- As in humility : noun humbleness, modesty
- What is his title to the love or gratitude or self-abnegation of his child?
- Extract from : « Mother Earth, Vol. 1 No. 2, April 1906 » by Various
- Her modesty and self-abnegation were not, so far as any one knew, the result of principle.
- Extract from : « The Fugitives » by R.M. Ballantyne
- Ay, there was One, who took note of the self-abnegation which had been learned from Him.
- Extract from : « The Maidens' Lodge » by Emily Sarah Holt
- Would this miserable and maddened man understand her self-abnegation?
- Extract from : « In the Carquinez Woods » by Bret Harte
- His devotion to you is the most beautiful expression of self-abnegation that I have ever met.
- Extract from : « An Old Man's Love » by Anthony Trollope
- He was demanding too much of his exhausted capacity for self-abnegation.
- Extract from : « The Kingdom Round the Corner » by Coningsby Dawson
- I am constrained to say that this self-abnegation was more fastidious than moral.
- Extract from : « On the Frontier » by Bret Harte
- Such an instance of self-abnegation has rarely been heard of in history.
- Extract from : « Historic Tales, Volume 11 (of 15) » by Charles Morris
- It was the furthest limit of self-abnegation, at least so he interpreted it.
- Extract from : « Crime and Punishment » by Fyodor Dostoevsky
- You dont think me capable of these heights of self-abnegation?
- Extract from : « Paths of Judgement » by Anne Douglas Sedgwick
Antonyms for self-abnegation
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