English Dictionary

self-abnegation

noun

The denial or invalidation of one's own needs, interests, etc. for the sake of another's; the setting aside of self-interest. / (countable) An act of self-denial.

Self-abnegation is a virtue that requires sacrificing one's own desires for the greater good.

意味（1）

The denial or invalidation of one's own needs, interests, etc. for the sake of another's; the setting aside of self-interest.

[Self commendation] should bee accompanied with Self-abnegation, or a renouncing of all Self-conceit, Self-sufficiency, Self seeking, or Self worthiness; to prick the bladder of pride in us.

意味（2）

(countable) An act of self-denial.

[…] self-abnegations often repeated imply on the part of the actor a tacit ascription of relative selfishness to others who profit by the self-abnegations.