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abnegation
noun
Synonyms and Antonyms of ABNEGATION
the act or practice of giving up or rejecting something once enjoyed or desired <the couple's sudden abnegation of life in the fast lane for work as missionaries stunned everyone>
Related Words denial, refusal; relinquishment, resignation, surrender; self-abnegation, self-renunciation
Antonyms indulgence, self-indulgence
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