self-renunciation

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for self-renunciation
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
  • Erotic surrender alone will not subvert or even really trouble the monarchy, which requires its own elaborately binding outfits and public displays of intimacy.
    Helen Shaw, New Yorker, 26 June 2025
  • Failure to do so is not judicial humility, but, at best, judicial surrender in the face of a terrible crime.
    Steve Bousquet, Sun Sentinel, 25 June 2025
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“Self-renunciation.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/self-renunciation. Accessed 4 Jul. 2025.

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