Do not abnegate your authority.
Source: tatoeba (10649790)
Abnegate
//ˈæb.nɪ.ɡeɪt//
Synonyms for "abnegate" (10 found)
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33 translations across 14 languages.
Armenian
4 entries- ժխտել verb (to reject, to deny)
- հրաժարվել verb (to deny oneself something)
- մերժել verb (to reject, to deny)
- ուրանալ verb (to reject, to deny)
Bulgarian
2 entries- отказвам verb (to deny oneself something)
- отхвърлям verb (to reject, to deny)
Dutch
4 entries- afzweren verb (to reject, to deny)
- ontzeggen verb (to deny oneself something)
- ontzeggen verb (to reject, to deny)
- verwerpen verb (to reject, to deny)
Esperanto
1 entries- abnegacii verb (to deny oneself something)
Finnish
4 entries- kieltää verb (to deny oneself something)
- kieltää verb (to reject, to deny)
- luovuttaa verb (to deny oneself something)
- torjua verb (to reject, to deny)
French
2 entries- abnéguer verb (to deny oneself something)
- abnéguer verb (to reject, to deny)
German
1 entries- entsagen verb (to deny oneself something)
Ido
1 entries- abnegar verb (to deny oneself something)
Latin
3 entries- abnegō verb (to reject, to deny)
- dēnegō verb (to reject, to deny)
- negō verb (to reject, to deny)
Portuguese
2 entries- abnegar verb (to deny oneself something)
- abnegar verb (to reject, to deny)
Romanian
1 entries- abnega verb (to reject, to deny)
Russian
4 entries- отверга́ть verb (to reject, to deny)
- отка́зываться verb (to deny oneself something)
- отрека́ться verb (to deny oneself something)
- отрека́ться verb (to reject, to deny)
Spanish
2 entries- abnegar verb (to deny oneself something)
- rechazar verb (to reject, to deny)
Swedish
1 entries- avsäga sig verb (to deny oneself something)
Sample sentences
5 total sentences available.
Even under a deluge of scandal, the shameless politician would not abnegate their post.
Source: tatoeba (10867892)
It is not the intention of the government to apportion blame or to abnegate responsibility.
Source: tatoeba (11264222)
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.
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