self-abnegation
Use Self-abnegation in a sentence
nɪˈgeɪ noun
self-denial or self-sacrifice.
Origin:
1650–60
1650–60
Related forms
self-ab·ne·gat·ing, adjective
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| self-abnegation | |
| —n | |
| the denial of one's own interests in favour of the interests of others | |
| self-'abnegating | |
| —adj | |
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Self-abnegation
is always a great word to know.
So is interrobang. Does it mean:
| a scrap or morsel of food left at a meal. |
| a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question. |
Example sentences
The idea was to go beyond the movement's old tofu severity, the air of judgment and self-abnegation.
The duty of the hour calls for self-abnegation and united efforts.
With this sub lime act of self-abnegation he bids fair to close his political career with glory.
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