Vanity sees me left abandoned? (4-6)

I believe the answer is:

self-esteem

'vanity' is the definition.
(thesaurus)

'sees me left abandoned?' is the wordplay.
'abandoned?' indicates an anagram.
'sees'+'me'+'left'='seesmeleft'
'seesmeleft' is an anagram of 'SELF-ESTEEM'.

(Another definition for self-esteem that I've seen is " Confidence in one's own abilities and worth".)

I've seen this clue in The Independent.

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