SINCE 1828
self-abnegating
adjective
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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