Abnegation vs Abdication - What's the difference?
abnegation | abdication |
A denial; a renunciation; denial of desire or self-interest.
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*{{quote-book, year=1907, author=
, title=The Dust of Conflict
, chapter=20, url=http://openlibrary.org/works/OL4429277W
, passage=Tony's face expressed relief, and Nettie sat silent for a moment until the vicar said “It was a generous impulse, but it may have been a momentary one, while in the case of monk and crusader there must have been a sustaining purpose, and possibly a great abnegation , a leaving of lands and possessions.”}}
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(obsolete) The act of disowning or disinheriting a child.
The act of abdicating; the renunciation of a high office, dignity, or trust, by its holder.
The voluntary renunciation of sovereign power; as, abdication of the throne, government, power, authority.
(obsolete, legal) The renunciation of interest in a property or a legal claim; abandonment.
(obsolete) The action of being deposed from the seat of power.
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