abnegation[noun]Synonyms: renunciation, denial, renouncement, self-abnegation, self-denial, self-renunciation
[TahlilGaran] English Synonym Dictionary ▲
ab‧ne‧ga‧tion /ˌæbnəˈɡeɪʃ
ən, ˌæbnɪˈɡeɪʃ
ən/
noun [uncountable] formal[
Date: 1500-1600;
Language: Late Latin;
Origin: abnegatio, from Latin abnegare 'to refuse', from ab- 'away' + negare 'to deny']
when you do not allow yourself to have or do something that you want ⇒
self-denial [TahlilGaran] Dictionary of Contemporary English ▲