Abnegate Definition
ăbnĭ-gāt
abnegated, abnegates, abnegating
verb
abnegated, abnegates, abnegating
To give up (rights or a claim, for example); renounce.
American Heritage
To give up (rights, claims, etc.); renounce.
Webster's New World
To deny (something) to oneself.
The minister abnegated the luxuries of life.
American Heritage
To relinquish; to surrender; to abjure. [First attested in the mid 18th century.]
Wiktionary
Origin of Abnegate
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Latin abnegāre abnegāt- to refuse ab- away ab–1 negāre to deny ne in Indo-European roots
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
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Perhaps from Latin abnegō (“to refuse, reject”) from ab (“away from”) + negō (“to deny”),
From Wiktionary
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Alternatively, perhaps a back-formation from abnegation.
From Wiktionary
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