abnegate

(ăb'nĭ-gāt')
tr.v., -gat·ed, -gat·ing, -gates.

1. To give up (rights or a claim, for example); renounce.
2. To deny (something) to oneself: The minister abnegated the luxuries of life.

[Latin abnegāre, abnegāt-, to refuse : ab-, away; see ab-¹ + negāre, to deny.]

abnegator ab'ne·ga'tor n.

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Definition: renounce
Antonyms: accept

See words rhyming with "abnegate."

Dansk (Danish)
v. tr. - nægte, give afkald på

Nederlands (Dutch)
zich ontzeggen, afstand doen van (geloof etc.)

Français (French)
v. tr. - répudier, rejeter

Deutsch (German)
v. - leugnen, aufgeben, sich versagen

Ελληνική (Greek)
v. - απαρνούμαι, αποκηρύσσω

Italiano (Italian)
rinnegare, rinunciare a

Português (Portuguese)
v. - negar, renunciar, render-se, abandonar

Русский (Russian)
отрицать; отказываться (от прав)

Español (Spanish)
v. tr. - renunciar a, abjurar

Svenska (Swedish)
v. - avsäga sig, förneka

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
放弃, 克制, 戒禁

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
v. tr. - 放棄, 克制, 戒禁

한국어 (Korean)
v. tr. - 끊다, 버리다

日本語 (Japanese)
v. - 絶つ, 捨てる

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(فعل) ينكر, يتخلى عن‏

עברית (Hebrew)
v. tr. - ‮ויתר על, הקריב‬

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