noun
- people who deny themselves something or give up their rights or claims
Usage: formal; plural of abnegator
Examples
- The monks were known as abnegators who gave up worldly possessions.
- These abnegators refused all personal comforts for their cause.
- The abnegators in the movement practiced strict self-denial.
- As abnegators of violence, they chose peaceful protest methods.
- The abnegators renounced their inheritance to help the poor.
- Religious abnegators often live lives of voluntary poverty.