n.
The setting aside of self-interest for the sake of others or for a belief or principle.
self-abnegating self'-ab'ne·gat'ing adj.
self-abnegation
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The adjective has one meaning:
Meaning #1:
used especially of behavior
Synonyms: renunciant, renunciative, self-denying
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