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self–abnegation
noun
Synonyms and Antonyms of SELF-ABNEGATION
voluntary restraint in the satisfaction of one's appetites <even after acquiring great wealth, he continued to practice a kind of puritanical self-abnegation>
Related Words control, forbearance, restraint; discipline, self-command, self-control, self-discipline, self-mastery; asceticism, austerity
Near Antonyms gluttony, greed, rapaciousness, rapacity, voraciousness, voracity; hedonism, sensuality, sybaritism
Antonyms self-indulgence
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