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abnegation|ˌæbnɪˈgeɪʃən|
[ad. L. abnegātiōn-em refusal, denial, n. of action from abnegāre: see abnegate, and cf. Fr. abnégation (16th c.) in Littré, which has only meaning 2.]
1. Denial, negation; refusal, formal rejection (of a doctrine, etc.).
1554Knox Godly Letter C. vj. b. What is in Asya? ignoraunce of God, what in Affrika? abnegation of Christe. 1633Adams Exp. 2 Peter ii. 2. (1865) 235 Let us follow Peter's confession, not his abnegation. 1646Gaule Cases Consc. 148 That hath brought us to an Abnegation of the Sacred Trinity. 1825Southey in Q. Rev. XXXIII. 155 On Easter..he was to eat animal food, in abnegation of the opinion imputed to the heretics on that subject. 1875McLaren Serm. Ser. ii. xiv. 253 It is no cowardly abnegation of the responsibility of choice which is here enjoined.
2. Denial (of anything) to oneself; self-denial; renunciation (of rights, claims, or things esteemed).
1639Rouse Heav. Univ. vi. 91 (1702) The abnegation of all humane wisdom in a passive childlike resignation of the soul to the Divine Spirit. 1863A. Jameson Leg. Monast. Ord. 242 He set forth to preach..humility, abnegation of the world. 1866Motley Dutch Rep. iii. ix. 519 His abnegation of an authority which he had not dared to assume.
3. Self-abnegation; renunciation of oneself; self-sacrifice.
1657Reeve God's Plea 304 So much humility, so much abnegation..do not these discover a true mortified spirit? 1679Penn Addr. Prot. (1692) ii. v. 146 The Pretences of Romanists to Abnegation, to a Mortified and Self-denying Life. 1858Carlyle Heroes 237 Difficulty, abnegation, martyrdom, death are the allurements that act on the heart of man. 1878R. B. Smith Carthage 399 That alternation..of sordid selfishness and sublime abnegation.
b. Self is now often expressed.
1847J. Yeowell Anc. Brit. Ch. viii. 77 The principal reason, however, which rendered the monastic orders so powerful..was the total abnegation of self. 1870Bowen Logic xiii. 446 That earnestness of inquiring purpose which leads not so much to an abnegation as to the entire forgetfulness of self. |