英 [ˌæbnɪˈɡeɪʃ(ə)n] 美 [ˌæbnɪˈɡeɪʃ(ə)n]
n. 拒绝；放弃；克制
the denial and rejection of a doctrine or belief
abnegation of the Holy Trinity
renunciation of your own interests in favor of the interests of others
同义词： self-abnegation / denial / self-denial / self-renunciation
...界中，城市构建者把所有人分成五个派别：诚实（Candor）、博学(Erudite)、友好（Amity）、无畏（Dauntless）、无私（Abnegation），每个人都被贴上标签，只能做自己派别该做的事，并且要服从上级的指令，没有派别的自由人受到排挤，只有无私派有时会帮助自由人...
... abduct 绑架，拐走 abnegation 放弃；自我牺牲 aboriginal 原始居民，土著 ...
abnegation：克苦；克己；自我节制；舍弃；拒绝。 abomination of desolation：废墟的可憎：指耶路撒冷圣殿（于公元前168年）被 Antiochus Epiphanes 的亵...
索瓦丝已经16岁了，明天她就要去参加能力倾向测试，和当初的你一样，一瓶药剂，一段沉睡，一个无私派(Abnegation)的新成员。你当然知道她来做什么，道别，和自己这个跟从父母，在别人眼中"天生"的无私者道别。
They discussed the abnegation of God.
他们讨论否认上帝。
But in other troubled European economies, abnegation is less evident.
但是在其它陷入困境的欧洲国家却鲜有自我克制的案例。
The hermits’ fierce self-abnegation, their holy self-emptying seemed to her thrilling.
隐士们严苛的自我克制和神圣的自我倾空都令她震撼。 （self-emptying虽然在很多地方都译成自我倾空，但是我觉得这个说法很不清晰，其实“虚己”很好，奈何另有一词占了这两个字。
The rest is bravado, boasting, good and bad times with many women and hangers-on, enormous earnings (most of them blown), and wrenching self-criticism and self-abnegation.
"A Tale of Music" draws on this history to tell a disturbing parable about an artist's willing self-abnegation in the service of the Great Leader.
NPR: 'A Tale of Music': From 'Literature from the Axis of Evil'
Such abnegation has become a popular tactic in these anti-political times.