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
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
But her self-abnegation, far from enabling her work, frustrates the fulfillment of her artistic potential, turning her books into lifeless “intellectual exercises.”
From The New Yorker • Nov. 13, 2019
This moral force kept the girl back from her fate, but in no way lessened the spirit of self-abnegation that had brought her to the lake.
From Norston's Rest by Stephens, Ann S. (Ann Sophia)
