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
  • The bombs decimated both cities, leading to Japan’s surrender on Aug. 15, 1945, and later the end of World War II.
    Rachel Wolf, FOXNews.com, 9 Aug. 2025
  • Because lose-lose situations are so endemic to the genre, a hint of relief can sometimes accompany the prospect of surrender to the putrefying mob.
    Katy Waldman, New Yorker, 9 Aug. 2025
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“Self-renunciation.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/self-renunciation. Accessed 27 Aug. 2025.

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