Both Uses of
abnegate
in
The Fountainhead
- Only when you can feel contempt for your own priceless little ego, only then can you achieve the true, broad peace of selflessness, the merging of your spirit with the vast collective spirit of mankind. ... The opium peddlers of the church had something there, but they didn't know what they had. Self-abnegation?
Chpt 2.9abnegation = self-denial
- But one doesn't abnegate by keeping one's self pure and proud of its own purity.
Chpt 2.9 *abnegate = renounce personal ego
Definition:
to renounce or reject -- often self-denial of luxuries
The exact meaning of abnegate can depend upon its context. For example:
- "to abnegate his responsibilities as a father" -- to reject or ignore a duty
- "to practice self-abnegation" -- to deny oneself (voluntarily give something up such as a luxury)
- "to abnegate her faith" -- to reject a belief
- "to abnegate her legal rights" -- to give up a claim, title, or position of power