abnegate
pronunciation
How to pronounce abnegate in British English:
UK ['æbnɪɡeɪt]
How to pronounce abnegate in American English:
US [ˈæbnɪˌɡet]
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- Verb:
- deny oneself (something); restrain, especially from indulging in some pleasure
- surrender
- deny or renounce
Word Origin
- abnegate (v.)
- 1650s, from Latin abnegatus, past participle of abnegare "to refuse, deny" (see abnegation). Related: Abnegated; abnegating.
Example
- 1. We can 't abnegate the fact .
- 2. What a real growth is need courage and faith to try new thing and abnegate old things .
- 3. To abnegate yourself is the best way to get close to yourself .
- 4. Its only clear novelistic technique is the specificity of dialogue , although that is so specific as to almost totally abnegate the claims that it 's a memoir of any sort .