Associations to the word «Abnegation»

Wiktionary

ABNEGATION, noun. A denial; a renunciation; denial of desire or self-interest. [First attested around 1350 to 1470.]

Dictionary definition

ABNEGATION, noun. The denial and rejection of a doctrine or belief; "abnegation of the Holy Trinity".
ABNEGATION, noun. Renunciation of your own interests in favor of the interests of others.

Wise words

In words, as fashions, the same rule will hold; Alike fantastic, if too new, or old: Be not the first by whom the new are tried, Nor yet the last to lay the old aside.
Alexander Pope