"abnegate" meaning in English

See abnegate in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Verb

IPA: /ˈæb.nɪ.ɡeɪt/ [US], /ˈæb.ni.ɡeɪt/ [US], /ˈæb.nɪ.ɡeɪt/ [Received-Pronunciation] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-abnegate.wav 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”), {{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)
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  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": "Armenian",
      "roman": "hražarvel",
      "sense": "to deny oneself something",
      "word": "հրաժարվել"
    },
    {
      "alt": "се от",
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "sense": "to deny oneself something",
      "word": "отказвам"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "to deny oneself something",
      "word": "ontzeggen"
    },
    {
      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "to deny oneself something",
      "word": "abnegacii"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "to deny oneself something",
      "word": "kieltää"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "to deny oneself something",
      "word": "luovuttaa"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "to deny oneself something",
      "word": "abnéguer"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "to deny oneself something",
      "word": "entsagen"
    },
    {
      "code": "io",
      "lang": "Ido",
      "sense": "to deny oneself something",
      "word": "abnegar"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "to deny oneself something",
      "word": "abnegar"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "otkázyvatʹsja",
      "sense": "to deny oneself something",
      "word": "отка́зываться"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "otrekátʹsja",
      "sense": "to deny oneself something",
      "word": "отрека́ться"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "to deny oneself something",
      "word": "abnegar"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "to deny oneself something",
      "word": "avsäga sig"
    },
    {
      "code": "hy",
      "lang": "Armenian",
      "roman": "uranal",
      "sense": "to reject, to deny",
      "word": "ուրանալ"
    },
    {
      "code": "hy",
      "lang": "Armenian",
      "roman": "meržel",
      "sense": "to reject, to deny",
      "word": "մերժել"
    },
    {
      "code": "hy",
      "lang": "Armenian",
      "roman": "žxtel",
      "sense": "to reject, to deny",
      "word": "ժխտել"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "othvǎrljam",
      "sense": "to reject, to deny",
      "word": "отхвърлям"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "to reject, to deny",
      "word": "verwerpen"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "to reject, to deny",
      "word": "ontzeggen"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "to reject, to deny",
      "word": "verzaken"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "to reject, to deny",
      "word": "afzweren"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "to reject, to deny",
      "word": "torjua"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "to reject, to deny",
      "word": "kieltää"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "to reject, to deny",
      "word": "abnéguer"
    },
    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "to reject, to deny",
      "word": "abnegō"
    },
    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "to reject, to deny",
      "word": "negō"
    },
    {
      "code": "la",
      "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"
}

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