abnegation
Example Sentences
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M is not governed by the usual impulses of the civilian; she has no use for love or hate, desire or abnegation.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 24, 2026
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
Women are often advised to avoid any whiff of abnegation or apologia.
From The New Yorker ● Dec. 31, 2018
When he saw the quantity of food she’d laid out for him, though, his ingrained abnegation rose to the surface.
From "Strange the Dreamer" by Laini Taylor
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