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English Dictionary: Abnegation by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
abnegation
n
  1. the denial and rejection of a doctrine or belief; "abnegation of the Holy Trinity"
  2. renunciation of your own interests in favor of the interests of others
    Synonym(s): abnegation, self-abnegation, denial, self-denial, self-renunciation
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Abnegation \Ab`ne*ga"tion\, n. [L. abnegatio: cf. F.
      abn[82]gation.]
      a denial; a renunciation.
  
               With abnegation of God, of his honor, and of religion,
               they may retain the friendship of the court. --Knox.
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