"self-abnegation" meaning in English

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          "ref": "1656, Edward Reyner, Rules for the Government of the Tongue, London: Thomas Newberry, page 324:",
          "text": "[Self commendation] should bee accompanied with Self-abnegation, or a renouncing of all Self-conceit, Self-sufficiency, Self seeking, or Self worthiness; to prick the bladder of pride in us.",
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          "text": "You understand, of course, that it is only by serving and self-abnegation that we advance in the higher world.\"",
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          "text": "The problem was that the Ruler never let anyone know what was expected of him to retain his place of honor. Even humility and self-abnegation, however abject, were not enough to prevent one’s downfall.",
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