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1.
the act or an instance of abnegating, or denying oneself some rights, conveniences, etc.: It was a time of austerity and abnegation.
2.
the act of reliquishing or giving up a right, possession, etc.: abnegation of parental responsibilities.
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- He read a ballerina's memoir and learned about the physical transformation and abnegation that dancers go through.
- The recent debt-ceiling crisis was a complete abnegation of fact.
- Such abnegation has become a popular tactic in these anti-political times.
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abnegation
1550s, 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).
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