Dictionary

abnegate en · VERB

Pronunciation

• /ˈæb.ni.ɡeɪt/ (US)
• (Southern-England) audio
• /ˈæb.nɪ.ɡeɪt/ (US)
• /ˈæb.nɪ.ɡeɪt/ (Received-Pronunciation)

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.

Meanings

1. (transitive) To deny (oneself something); to renounce or give up (a right, a power, a claim, a privilege, a convenience).
   • 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. 1898 December 10, “Asbell v. State”, in The Pacific Reporter, volume 55, page 339:
   • All ancient and modern histories of nations abnegate God. 1875 January 14, Brownson's Quarterly Review, page 20:
2. (transitive) To relinquish; to surrender; to abjure.

Forms

Relateds

abnegator · abnegation · abnegatory

Translations (33)

sv avsäga sig (to deny oneself something) · la abnegō (to reject, to deny) · hy մերժել (to reject, to deny) · ro abnega (to reject, to deny) · es rechazar (to reject, to deny) · fi luovuttaa (to deny oneself something) · nl verwerpen (to reject, to deny) · nl ontzeggen (to deny oneself something) · hy հրաժարվել (to deny oneself something) · fr abnéguer (to deny oneself something) · la dēnegō (to reject, to deny) · la negō (to reject, to deny) · ru отрека́ться (to deny oneself something) · io abnegar (to deny oneself something) · bg отхвърлям (to reject, to deny) · nl ontzeggen (to reject, to deny) · nl afzweren (to reject, to deny) · es abnegar (to deny oneself something) · pt abnegar (to deny oneself something) · hy ժխտել (to reject, to deny) · ru отка́зываться (to deny oneself something) · hy ուրանալ (to reject, to deny) · ru отрека́ться (to reject, to deny) · ru отверга́ть (to reject, to deny) · bg отказвам (to deny oneself something) · fi kieltää (to deny oneself something) · de entsagen (to deny oneself something) · nl verzaken (to reject, to deny) · eo abnegacii (to deny oneself something) · fr abnéguer (to reject, to deny) · pt abnegar (to reject, to deny) · fi torjua (to reject, to deny) · fi kieltää (to reject, to deny)