self-abnegation
Example Sentences
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On the contrary, sometimes it unfolds out of the public eye; self-abnegation can be a reliable marker of character.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 19, 2026
Where did this self-abnegation begin, and why does it persist?
From Slate ● Mar. 23, 2025
Perhaps that is an ordinary situation most mothers would recognize, but I was so immature and unformed that I experienced that acute fear of self-abnegation as if it were the entire meaning of motherhood itself.
From New York Times ● Dec. 2, 2021
But whatever it is that propelled Johns down the path of self-abnegation, the denial was never absolute or complete.
From Washington Post ● Sep. 29, 2021
This piece of self-abnegation probably cost him his life, for he went down shortly after, following “the six hundred” of his devoted crew into “the valley of death.”
From The Sea: Its Stirring Story of Adventure, Peril, & Heroism. Volume 1 by Frederick Whymper
