Definition of "self-abnegating" []

• Used especially of behavior (adjective)

WordNet. Princeton University. 2010.

• "Pillar goes on to mention the statements of the various Republican candidates except Ron Paul whose pledges to Israel are even more self-abnegating from an American point of view."
• "But love that is self-abnegating, all-consuming, and totally erases any kind of independence looks a lot more like domestic violence than fabulous romance, and doormats aren't actually very interesting as protagonists."
• "• On Twitter, Jeffrey Archer offers a characteristically self-abnegating take on events: "It is not often that I regret not being Mayor of London," he tweets, "but I do this morning.""