transitive verb
-·gat·ed, -·gat·ing to give up (rights, claims, etc.); renounce
Origin of abnegate
from Classical Latin abnegatus, past participle of abnegare from ab-, away, from + negare, to deny: see negationabnegate
ab·ne·gate 
To abnegate is to release this fish.
- Abnegate means to release or to let go.
An example of abnegate is when a fisherman throws a fish back in the water after catching it.
- The definition of abnegate is to not allow yourself something.
An example of the abnegate is when someone gives something up for Lent.
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abnegate
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.
Origin of abnegate
Latin abnegāre abnegāt- to refuse ab- away ; see ab- 1. negāre to deny ; see ne in Indo-European roots.Related Forms:
- ab′ne·ga′tor
noun
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Verb
(third-person singular simple present abnegates, present participle abnegating, simple past and past participle abnegated)
- To deny (oneself something); to renounce or give up (a right, a power, a claim, a privilege, a convenience). [First attested in the early 17th century.]
- To relinquish; to surrender; to abjure. [First attested in the mid 18th century.]
Origin
First attested in 1657.
- Perhaps from Latin abnegō (“to refuse, reject”) from ab (“away from”) + negō (“to deny”),
- Alternatively, perhaps a back-formation from abnegation.
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