abnegate

Meaning

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

Synonyms

renounce

abjure

deny

give up

disclaim

relinquish

disavow

refuse

disown

abandon

recant

reject

negate

abdicate

drop out

waive

decline

rebuff

quit

forgo

deny oneself

convey

debar

deliver

demise

denial

desert

🏜️

desist

devote

disallow

disavowel

dispense with

dispose

divest

donate

embargo

extradite

forbid

forego

fork out

fork over

forsake

forswear

gainsay

give

give in

grant

interdict

jettison

lapse

maroon

negative

nix

outlaw

part with

present

prohibit

proscribe

recantation

refrain

refusal

render

renege

repudiate

repulse

resign

sacrifice

scorn

sign away

submit

swear off

taboo

tergiversate

fork up

undo

unmake

vacate

yield

apostatise

deed over

foreswear

go back on one’s word

go without

sign over

yield up

deprive oneself

relinquish to

abjuration

abnegation

abstain

alien

👽

alienate

allow

apostatize

assign

attorn

back down

back off

back out

ban

bar

bow out

break

capitulate

cede

concede

contradict

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.