abnegación

Definitions of abnegación
  1. noun
    renunciation of your own interests in favor of the interests of others
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    renuncia
    the act of renouncing; sacrificing or giving up or surrendering (a possession or right or title or privilege etc.)
  2. noun
    acting with less concern for yourself than for the success of the joint activity
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    cooperación
    joint operation or action
  3. noun
    the trait of practicing self discipline
    synonyms: autodisciplina
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    adustez, ascesis, asceticismo, ascetismo, ascética, ascético, austeridad, estrechez, rigorismo
    the trait of great self-denial (especially refraining from worldly pleasures)
    abstención, abstinencia, prescindencia
    the trait of abstaining (especially from alcohol)
    continencia
    the exercise of self constraint in sexual matters
    monacato
    asceticism as a form of religious life; usually conducted in a community under a common rule and characterized by celibacy and poverty and obedience
    type of:
    disciplina
    the trait of being well behaved
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