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
Everyday brings a fresh allegation, a new self-inflicted humiliation or scandal, and the further abnegation of its responsibility to operate in good faith for the sake of its drivers and customers.
From The Verge • Dec. 29, 2017
José Arcadio Buendía made no attempt to console her, completely absorbed in his tactical experiments with the abnegation of a scientist and even at the risk of his own life.
From "One Hundred Years of Solitude" by Gabriel Garcia Marquez
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