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The Learning Kingdom's Cool Word of the Day for August 6, 1999
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abnegate [v. AB-nih-gayt]
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To abnegate something is to give it up, renounce it, deny it to
yourself, or to surrender or relinquish it. To do so is the act of
abnegation [n. ab-nih-GAY-shun]. Example: "As part of his spiritual
purification, Jim chose to abnegate all forms of liquor."
The immediate ancestor of these words was the Latin abnegare (to
refuse), a compound of ab- (away) and negare (to deny). Thus, to
abnegate something is literally to "deny it away."
Here are more "denial" words from negare:
negate: nullify; neutralize; rule out; deny
deny: declare untrue; disavow; contradict; refuse
renegade: one who rejects; outlaw; deserter
renege: fail to keep a contract; renounce; disown
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