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abnegate

🇬🇧 UK/'æbnigeit/🇺🇸 US
GREC2

Definitions

v.

To deny oneself something; to renounce or give up a right, privilege, or power

放弃(权利、特权等);克制(欲望);否认

🧩 Root Breakdown

Root-derived
abaway from, off
+
negdeny, refuse, negate
+
ateto make, having
=abnegate

Example Sentences

  • 1.

    He abnegated his right to the inheritance.

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