abnegate
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abnegate
- /ˈæb.nɪ.ɡeɪt/ US
- /ˈæb.ni.ɡeɪt/ US
- /ˈæb.nɪ.ɡeɪt/ UK
Where it comes from
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.
verb abnegates · abnegating · abnegated
- To deny (oneself something); to renounce or give up (a right, a power, a claim, a privilege, a convenience). To compel a state, upon theories of doubtful statutory interpretation, to appear as defendant suitor in its own courts, and to litigate with private parties as to whether it had abnegated its sovereignty of exemption, would be intolerable.
- To relinquish; to surrender; to abjure.
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verb to deny oneself something
| Español | abnegar |
|---|---|
| Português | abnegar |
| Français | abnéguer |
| Deutsch | entsagen |
| Русский | отка́зываться otkázyvatʹsja, отрека́ться otrekátʹsja |
verb to reject, to deny
| Español | rechazar |
|---|---|
| Português | abnegar |
| Français | abnéguer |
| Română | abnega |
| Русский | отрека́ться otrekátʹsja, отверга́ть otvergátʹ |
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