self-renunciation

noun

self-re·​nun·​ci·​a·​tion ˌself-ri-ˌnən(t)-sē-ˈā-shən 

plural self-renunciations

: the renouncing of one's own wishes, desires, or ambitions

But what is surely foreign to most of us is the life of prayer, self-renunciation, and single-minded spiritual pursuit.

—Joel J. Miller

Our tenderness and self-renunciation seem strong when our egoism has had its day …

—George Eliot

Word History

First Known Use

1654, in the meaning defined above