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abnegation

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Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
abnegate /ˈabnɪgeɪt/

▶verb formal renounce or reject (something desired or valuable).

– derivatives
abnegation noun,
abnegator noun.

– origin C17 (earlier (ME) as abnegation): from L. abnegat-, abnegare ‘renounce’, from ab- ‘away, off’ + negare ‘deny’.

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