0 the act of not allowing yourself to have something, especially something you like or want:
They regarded nakedness as part of the abnegation necessary to achieve true enlightenment.
Unlike solo parts, singing in the chorus is one big abnegation.
The greatest abnegation of law imaginable is putting an innocent person to death.
The oxymoron 'logic plus control' expresses the abnegation of such a natural identification.
Notwithstanding this self abnegation, he left an estate of £240,000.
There cannot, however, be such a thing in time of war, because war itself is an abnegation of all law.
These observations seem to imply the abnegation of public and almost all private virtues.
I think that would a shameless abnegation of our responsibility.
