abnegation
Example Sentences
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Above all, it requires an abnegation of the self.
From Washington Post ● Sep. 9, 2022
The gospel of ‘disruptive innovation’ depends on the abnegation of history2.
From Nature ● Sep. 15, 2020
If DiAngelo herself can’t resist, she performs a ritual of abnegation.
From The New Yorker ● Aug. 12, 2019
Jake thinks his brother's extreme abnegation is rooted in his political convictions.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 24, 2015
Two tears slid down her fallen cheeks, in and out of the myriad coruscations of immolation and abnegation and time.
From "The Sound and the Fury" by William Faulkner
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