From <span class="searchmatch">self</span>- + <span class="searchmatch">abnegatory</span>. <span class="searchmatch">self</span>-<span class="searchmatch">abnegatory</span> (comparative more <span class="searchmatch">self</span>-<span class="searchmatch">abnegatory</span>, superlative most <span class="searchmatch">self</span>-<span class="searchmatch">abnegatory</span>) Of or relating to <span class="searchmatch">self</span>-abnegation (the denial...
most self-denying) Without concern for one's own advantage; selfless or <span class="searchmatch">self</span>-sacrificing. Synonyms: <span class="searchmatch">self</span>-sacrificing; see also Thesaurus:<span class="searchmatch">self</span>-<span class="searchmatch">abnegatory</span>...
make, a self-sacrifice. Synonyms: <span class="searchmatch">self</span>-<span class="searchmatch">abnegatory</span>, <span class="searchmatch">self</span>-denying; see also Thesaurus:<span class="searchmatch">self</span>-<span class="searchmatch">abnegatory</span> Mother Teresa's <span class="searchmatch">self</span>-sacrificing nature made her world-famous...
<span class="searchmatch">abnegatory</span> (comparative more <span class="searchmatch">abnegatory</span>, superlative most <span class="searchmatch">abnegatory</span>) Of or relating to abnegation; serving to abnegate. 1630, Elizabeth Cary (translator)...
with <span class="searchmatch">self</span>- <span class="searchmatch">self</span>-abandoned <span class="searchmatch">self</span>-abased <span class="searchmatch">self</span>-abasing <span class="searchmatch">self</span>-abnegation <span class="searchmatch">self</span>-<span class="searchmatch">abnegatory</span> <span class="searchmatch">self</span>-absorbed <span class="searchmatch">self</span>-absorption <span class="searchmatch">self</span>-abuse <span class="searchmatch">self</span>-acceptance <span class="searchmatch">self</span>-access...
self-denying; see also Thesaurus:<span class="searchmatch">self</span>-<span class="searchmatch">abnegatory</span> 1993, Franz Karl Stanzel, Martin Löschnigg, Intimate enemies, page 412: In war-time, <span class="searchmatch">self</span>-sacrifice would be the...
From <span class="searchmatch">self</span>- + abnegation. <span class="searchmatch">self</span>-abnegation (countable and uncountable, plural <span class="searchmatch">self</span>-abnegations) The denial or invalidation of one's own needs, interests...
great abnegation, a leaving of lands and possessions.” <span class="searchmatch">self</span>-abnegation abnegate abnegator <span class="searchmatch">abnegatory</span> denial; renunciation ^ Lesley Brown, editor-in-chief...
or passions. Synonyms: abstentious, continent; see also Thesaurus:<span class="searchmatch">self</span>-<span class="searchmatch">abnegatory</span>, Thesaurus:temperate 2010, Rebecca L. Davis, “Sacred Partnerships”...