abnegate
to refuse or deny oneself (some rights, conveniences, etc.); reject; renounce.
to relinquish; give up.
Origin of abnegate
1Other words from abnegate
- ab·ne·ga·tion, noun
- ab·ne·ga·tor, noun
- un·ab·ne·gat·ed, adjective
- un·ab·ne·gat·ing, adjective
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How to use abnegate in a sentence
At first blush, it seems like a rare self-abnegating and idealistic move by a corporate giant.
Need he, an artist, be more chivalrous—he put it baldly—more conventional and self-abnegating than other men?
Love's Usuries | Louis CreswickeOn such occasions, his bow of conscious merit abnegating praise was, I am told, wonderful to see.
Guy Livingstone; | George A. LawrenceThe father's ideality was in her a tender religious feeling; the mother's passionate impulse, a self-abnegating affection.
Louisa May Alcott | Louisa May AlcottThe fascination of her self-abnegating thought held her, and she drifted on to more personal details.
The One-Way Trail | Ridgwell Cullum
It also implies that she is essentially impure, and that she can only please God by abnegating her sex.
Flowers of Freethought | George W. Foote
British Dictionary definitions for abnegate
/ (ˈæbnɪˌɡeɪt) /
(tr) to deny to oneself; renounce (privileges, pleasure, etc)
Origin of abnegate
1Derived forms of abnegate
- abnegation, noun
- abnegator, noun
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