Definition of abnegate

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< Abnaki

abnegation >

ab·ne·gate    (bn-gt) KEY  

TRANSITIVE VERB:
ab·ne·gat·ed , ab·ne·gat·ing , ab·ne·gates

1. To give up (rights or a claim, for example); renounce.
2. To deny (something) to oneself: The minister abnegated the luxuries of life.

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ETYMOLOGY:
Latin abnegre , abnegt-, to refuse : ab-, away ; see ab- ¹ + negre, to deny; see ne in Indo-European roots

OTHER FORMS:
abne·gator (Noun)

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