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ab⋅ne⋅gate

  [ab-ni-geyt]
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–verb (used with object), -gat⋅ed, -gat⋅ing.
1. to refuse or deny oneself (some rights, conveniences, etc.); reject; renounce.
2. to relinquish; give up.
Origin:
1650–60; < L abnegātus denied (ptp. of abnegāre). See ab-, negate

Related forms:
ab⋅ne⋅ga⋅tion, noun
ab⋅ne⋅ga⋅tor, noun
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ab·ne·ga·tion   (āb'nĭ-gā'shən)   
n.  Self-denial.
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Abnegation

Ab`ne*ga"tion\, n. [L. abnegatio: cf. F. abn['e]gation.] a denial; a renunciation.

With abnegation of God, of his honor, and of religion, they may retain the friendship of the court. --Knox.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.
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abnegation 
1554, from L. abnegationem (nom. abnegatio) "refusal, denial," noun of action from abnegatus, pp. of abnegare, from ab- "off, away from" + negare "to deny" (see deny).
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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