D defs.my
Entry 1 sense Webster, 1913

Abnegation

/ăb.nĭgāʹshən/ · Ab·ne·ga·tion · IPA /ˌæbnəˈɡeɪ̯ʃən/
01 n. a denial; a renunciation.
  1. 1.
    a denial; a renunciation.
    “With abnegation of God, of his honor, and of religion, they may retain the friendship of the court.” — Knox.