self-renunciation

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Noun
  • Her vocation requires the skill of transformation and self-abnegation, as well as a receptiveness to language and emotion not her own.
    Jordan Kisner, The Atlantic, 4 Apr. 2025
  • The audience responds gratefully to this level of self-abnegation, and the frankly chilling sounds that come out of her.
    Helen Shaw, The New Yorker, 25 Oct. 2024
Noun
  • As for Kramer, the defense accounting agency said Kramer was a member of the 19th Air Base Squadron, 20th Air Base Group, when Japanese forces invaded the Philippine Islands in 1942 and got caught up in intense fighting until the surrender of the Bataan peninsula.
    Frank Witsil, Freep.com, 15 July 2025
  • Deputies attempted for hours to negotiate a peaceful surrender, which did not work.
    Theresa Clift July 12, Sacbee.com, 12 July 2025
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“Self-renunciation.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/self-renunciation. Accessed 29 Jul. 2025.

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