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self-abnegations

self-abnegations is the plural of self-abnegation.

Meaning of self-abnegation

Noun

self-abnegation (countable and uncountable, plural self-abnegations)

  1. The denial or invalidation of one's own needs, interests, etc. for the sake of another's; the setting aside of self-interest.
    • [Self commendation] should bee accompanied with Self-abnegation, or a renouncing of all Self-conceit, Self-sufficiency, Self seeking, or Self worthiness; to prick the bladder of pride in us.1656, Edward Reyner, Rules for the Government of the Tongue, London: Thomas Newberry, page 324
  2. (countable) An act of self-denial.
    • […] self-abnegations often repeated imply on the part of the actor a tacit ascription of relative selfishness to others who profit by the self-abnegations.1879, Herbert Spencer, chapter 14, in The Data of Ethics, New York: Hurst, page 292

Questions about self-abnegations

What is self-abnegations the plural of?
Self-abnegations is the plural of self-abnegation.

Words near self-abnegations in the dictionary

  1. self-abased
  2. self-abasement
  3. self-abasements
  4. self-abasing
  5. self-abnegation
  6. self-abnegations
  7. self-abnegatory
  8. self-absorbed
  9. self-absorption
  10. self-abuse
  11. self-abused

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