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abnegate
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synonyms: abjure ???
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Definition:to renounce; to deny oneself something that is desired or valuable
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The English have not understood and cannot understand the self-abnegation of our Emperor who wants nothing for himself, but only desires the good of mankind.
Leo Tolstoy. War and Peace: With bonus material from Give War and Peace A Chance by Andrew D. Kaufman
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Fernanda thought that his stubbornness was diligence, his green abnegation, and his thickheadedness perseverance,
Gabriel García Márquez. One Hundred Years of Solitude, p.355 (1970)
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