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self-ab·ne·gat·ing | \ ˌself-ˈab-ni-ˌgā-tiŋ 
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\Definition of self-abnegating
: forbearing to gratify oneself or advance one's interests : self-denying Most latter-day first ladies have recalled enduring the self-abnegating life in the White House fishbowl with stoic determination.— Jacquielynn Floyd
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The first known use of self-abnegating was in 1840
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