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abnegate

/ˈæb.nɪ.ɡeɪt/US/ˈæb.nɪ.ɡeɪt/

abnegate verb: to deny (oneself something); to renounce or give up (a right, a power, a claim, a privilege, a convenience).

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).
    • To compel a state, upon theories of doubtful statutory interpretation, to appear as defendant suitor in its own courts, and to litigate with private parties as to whether it had abnegated its sovereignty of exemption, would be intolerable.1898 December 10, “Asbell v. State”, in The Pacific Reporter, volume 55, page 339
    • All ancient and modern histories of nations abnegate God.1875 January, Brownson's Quarterly Review, page 20
  2. (transitive) To relinquish; to surrender; to abjure.

abnegate meaning in Tamil, Urdu, Bengali and Malayalam

abnegate in Tamil

தியாகம் செய், துற, கைவிடு

abnegate in Urdu

دست برداری, انکار, نفس کشی, تردید, پرہیز

abnegate in Bengali

ত্যাগ স্বীকার করা

abnegate in Malayalam

സ്വമേധയാ ത്യജിക്കുക, ഉപേക്ഷിക്കുക, ആത്മനിരസനം, സ്വാർത്ഥതത്യാഗം, സ്വയം ത്യാഗം, അതമനിരസനം
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abnegate in Kannada
ಬಿಟ್ಟುಕೊಡು, ಮುರಿದು ಹಾಕು, ಒಪ್ಪದಿರು

Forms of abnegate

third-person singular presentabnegates
present participleabnegating
past participleabnegated
pastabnegated

Origin of abnegate

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.

Questions about abnegate

What does abnegate mean?
Abnegate means to deny (oneself something); to renounce or give up (a right, a power, a claim, a privilege, a convenience).
What is abnegate in Tamil?
Abnegate in Tamil is தியாகம் செய், துற, கைவிடு. See Abnegate meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is abnegate?
Abnegate is a verb.
How do you pronounce abnegate?
Abnegate is pronounced /ˈæb.nɪ.ɡeɪt/ (US).
What is the past tense of abnegate?
The past tense of abnegate is abnegated.

Words near abnegate in the dictionary

  1. abmodality
  2. ABMs
  3. ABN
  4. Abnaki
  5. Abnakis
  6. abnegate
  7. abnegated
  8. abnegates
  9. abnegating
  10. abnegation
  11. abnegations

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Adapted from Wiktionary: abnegate (page history and authors); abnegate (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); abnegate (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); Abnegate (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors); abnegate (Malayalam Wiktionary) (page history and authors); abnegate (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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