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abnegate

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

Pronounced as (IPA)
/ˈæb.nɪ.ɡeɪt/
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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