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self-abnegation

noun as in self-denial

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She hadn’t yet parsed the borderlines separating willing self-abnegation, mental illness and abuse.

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It's become a daily self-abnegation ritual for those yearning to be on the inside of Trumpworld and that apparently includes his own son.

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It's true that from time to time he would stray and say something vaguely critical but over Trump's term he became progressively sycophantic to the point of embarrassing self-abnegation.

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Such a woman may not be entirely silent, but she meets the right's ideal of total female self-abnegation, a complete embrace of her role as a servant and vessel for the desires of others.

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The life that Alharthi describes is one of almost saintly self-abnegation.

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