"abnegation" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˌæbnɪˈɡeɪʃən/ [US], /ˌæbnəˈɡeɪʃən/ [US] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-abnegation.wav [Southern-England] Forms: abnegations [plural]
Rhymes: -eɪʃən Etymology: First attested before 1398. From Middle English abnegacioun, borrowed from Late Latin abnegātiō, from abnegō (“refuse, deny”), from ab (“off”) + negō (“deny; refuse, say no”). Compare French abnégation. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|abnegacioun}} Middle English abnegacioun, {{der|en|LL.|abnegātiō}} Late Latin abnegātiō, {{m|la|abnegō||refuse, deny}} abnegō (“refuse, deny”), {{m|la|ab||off}} ab (“off”), {{m|la|negō||deny; refuse, say no}} negō (“deny; refuse, say no”), {{cog|fr|abnégation}} French abnégation Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} abnegation (countable and uncountable, plural abnegations)
  1. A denial; a renunciation; denial of desire or self-interest. Tags: countable, uncountable Synonyms: repudiation, self-denial, denial, renunciation Derived forms: self-abnegation Related terms: abnegate, abnegator, abnegatory Translations (denial; renunciation): نكران تنازل (Arabic), отричане (otričane) [neuter] (Bulgarian), отхвърляне (othvǎrljane) [neuter] (Bulgarian), abnegació [feminine] (Catalan), verloochening (Dutch), verwerping [masculine] (Dutch), afwijzing (Dutch), abnegacio (Esperanto), kieltäminen (Finnish), abnégation [feminine] (French), आत्मनिषेध (ātmaniṣedh) (Hindi), diúltú [masculine] (Irish), abnegazione [feminine] (Italian), самоодреку́вање (samoodrekúvanje) [neuter] (Macedonian), നിരാകരണം (nirākaraṇaṁ) (Malayalam), abnegação [feminine] (Portuguese), abnegație [feminine] (Romanian), самоотрече́ние (samootrečénije) [masculine] (Russian), abnegación [feminine] (Spanish), зречення (zrečennja) [neuter] (Ukrainian), запере́чення (zaperéčennja) [neuter] (Ukrainian), самопожертва (samopožertva) [feminine] (Ukrainian)
    Sense id: en-abnegation-en-noun-127Lqjor Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header

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