abnegation
n. 拒绝;放弃;克制
例句
They discussed the abnegation of God.
他们讨论否认上帝。
But in other troubled European economies, abnegation is less evident.
但是在其它陷入困境的欧洲国家却鲜有自我克制的案例。
The hermits’ fierce self-abnegation, their holy self-emptying seemed to her thrilling.
隐士们严苛的自我克制和神圣的自我倾空都令她震撼。 (self-emptying虽然在很多地方都译成自我倾空,但是我觉得这个说法很不清晰,其实“虚己”很好,奈何另有一词占了这两个字。