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Abnegate

//ˈæb.nɪ.ɡeɪt// verb

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Verb
  1. 1
    To deny (oneself something); to renounce or give up (a right, a power, a claim, a privilege, a convenience). transitive

    "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."

  2. 2
    deny or renounce wordnet
  3. 3
    To relinquish; to surrender; to abjure. transitive
  4. 4
    surrender (power or a position) wordnet
  5. 5
    deny oneself (something); restrain, especially from indulging in some pleasure wordnet

Etymology

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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