abnegate
verb (used with object)
to refuse or deny oneself (some rights, conveniences, etc.); reject; renounce.
abnegated
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past participleof abnegate.past participle
A verb form used in perfect and passive verb constructions and that can also function as a modifier.
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past tense formof abnegate.past tense
Used to describe completed actions or previous habitual actions.
abnegateverb (used with object)to refuse or deny oneself (some rights, conveniences, etc.); reject; renounce.
Example Sentences
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It’s too late for a change, Clinton abnegated, but, it’s misleading to readers and could have lasting consequences to not address this.
From New York Times ● Nov. 13, 2016
But to go on that trip, Mort abnegated her parental responsibilities and priorities, behaving in her own, and not her children’s, best interests.
From Slate ● Sep. 29, 2014
In the society of his mistresses he abnegated his duties as a monarch, and the labors of his life were employed in gratifying their resentments and humoring their caprices.
From Beacon Lights of History, Volume 08 Great Rulers by John Lord
Why, was there not one man for whom she would have been content to be the veriest slave that ever abnegated every personal delight for the love of a hard master?
From Charlotte's Inheritance by M. E. (Mary Elizabeth) Braddon
I need not tell you that Louis Bonaparte has virtually abnegated _Les idees Napoleoniennes,—a fatal mistake for him, a glorious advance for us.
From The Parisians — Volume 05 by Edward Bulwer Lytton, Baron Lytton
