"abnegate" meaning in English

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Verb

IPA: /ˈæb.nɪ.ɡeɪt/ [US], /ˈæb.ni.ɡeɪt/ [US], /ˈæb.nɪ.ɡeɪt/ [Received-Pronunciation] Forms: abnegates [present, singular, third-person], abnegating [participle, present], abnegated [participle, past], abnegated [past]
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. Etymology templates: {{root|en|ine-pro|*h₁eǵ}}, {{bor|en|la|abnegō||to refuse, reject}} Latin abnegō (“to refuse, reject”), {{m|la|ab||away from}} ab (“away from”), {{m|la|negō||to deny}} negō (“to deny”), {{back-form|en|abnegation|nocap=1}} back-formation from abnegation Head templates: {{en-verb}} abnegate (third-person singular simple present abnegates, present participle abnegating, simple past and past participle abnegated)
  1. (transitive) To deny (oneself something); to renounce or give up (a right, a power, a claim, a privilege, a convenience). Tags: transitive Translations (to deny oneself something): հրաժարվել (hražarvel) (Armenian), отказвам (alt: се от) (Bulgarian), ontzeggen (Dutch), abnegacii (Esperanto), kieltää (Finnish), luovuttaa (Finnish), abnéguer (French), entsagen (German), abnegar (Ido), abnegar (Portuguese), отка́зываться (otkázyvatʹsja) (Russian), отрека́ться (otrekátʹsja) (Russian), abnegar (Spanish), avsäga sig (Swedish) Translations (to reject, to deny): ուրանալ (uranal) (Armenian), մերժել (meržel) (Armenian), ժխտել (žxtel) (Armenian), отхвърлям (othvǎrljam) (Bulgarian), verwerpen (Dutch), ontzeggen (Dutch), verzaken (Dutch), afzweren (Dutch), torjua (Finnish), kieltää (Finnish), abnéguer (French), abnegō (Latin), negō (Latin), dēnegō (Latin), abnegar (Portuguese), abnega (Romanian), отрека́ться (otrekátʹsja) (Russian), отверга́ть (otvergátʹ) (Russian), rechazar (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-abnegate-en-verb-gDxL66v0 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 90 10 Disambiguation of 'to deny oneself something': 91 9 Disambiguation of 'to reject, to deny': 73 27
  2. (transitive) To relinquish; to surrender; to abjure. Tags: transitive
    Sense id: en-abnegate-en-verb-19g8ZhtZ
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: abnegation, abnegator, abnegatory

Inflected forms

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      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "to reject, to deny",
      "word": "dēnegō"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "to reject, to deny",
      "word": "abnegar"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "to reject, to deny",
      "word": "abnega"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "otrekátʹsja",
      "sense": "to reject, to deny",
      "word": "отрека́ться"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "otvergátʹ",
      "sense": "to reject, to deny",
      "word": "отверга́ть"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "to reject, to deny",
      "word": "rechazar"
    }
  ],
  "word": "abnegate"
}
{
  "called_from": "form_descriptions/2028",
  "msg": "more than one value in \"alt\": otkazvam (se ot) vs. се от",
  "path": [
    "abnegate"
  ],
  "section": "English",
  "subsection": "verb",
  "title": "abnegate",
  "trace": ""
}

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