abnegation 英 [æbnɪ'geɪʃ(ə)n] 美 [æbnɪ'ɡeʃən]

abnegation (n.)

late 14c., "a negative assertion," c. 1500 as "self-denial," from Latin abnegationem (nominative abnegatio) "refusal, denial," noun of action from past participle stem of abnegare "to refuse, deny," from ab- "off, away from" (see ab-) + negare "to deny" (see deny).