Meaning of self-abnegatory | Babel Free

Definitions

Of or relating to self-abnegation (the denial or invalidation of one's own needs, interests, etc. for the sake of another's).

Examples

“one for whom that purple mantle was too gaudy, and yet who bore it, as he bore everything else, in that self-abnegatory spirit which the higher reaches of philosophy bring”

“Women are so terrifically self-abnegatory; they must give, give, give, to some one all the time. Women, that is, of the mothering type, such as these.”

“In his present self-abnegatory mood, he will not acknowledge himself able to feel anything honest and noble.”

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