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ab·ne·gate

(

-g

) KEY

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

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

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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