self-abnegatorn.
/ˌsɛlfˈabnᵻɡeɪtə/, U.S. /ˌsɛlfˈæbnəˌɡeɪdər/ΚΠ
1872 Eccl. Observer Jan. 15 The gospel—the great leveller, the great heart searcher, the great self-abnegator.
2. A person who denies himself or herself something valuable or desirable, or who renounces his or her own needs or desires.
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self-abnegator1907
1907 G. B. Shaw John Bull's Other Island p. xix The Catholic is theoretically a Collectivist, a self-abnegator, a Tory.
1981 A. C. Hilfer Ethics of Intensity i. 13 The phenomenal world of Dickens' self-seekers and self-abnegators.
2003 Philos. Rev. 112 491 A self-abnegator who finds herself deeply ambivalent about her deference.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, January 2018; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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n.1872- to give one's all
- to give one's arm
- to give one's beard for the washing
- to give one's end
- to give one's faith
- to give one's faith to
- to give one's faith unto
- to give one's hand
- to give one's hands
- to give one's hat
- to give one's head for the polling
- to give one's head for the washing
- to give one's honour
- to give one's life
- to give one's mind to
- to give one's mother for a maid
- to give one's name to
- to give one's right arm to do something
- to give one's right arm to for something
- to give one's sense
- to give one's testimony
- to give one's vote
- to give one's wind
- to give one's word
- to give oneself airs