(obsolete, rare): Denying; renouncing; negative

(rare) One who abnegates, denies, or rejects.

A denial; a renunciation; denial of desire or self-interest.

(transitive) To deny (oneself something); to renounce or give up (a right, a power, a claim, a privilege, a convenience). / (transitive) To relinquish; to surrender; to abjure.

Third-person singular simple present indicative form of abnegate

simple past tense and past participle of abnegate

present participle of abnegate

plural of abnegator

plural of abnegation

The denial or invalidation of one's own needs, interests, etc. for the sake of another's; the setting aside of self-interest. / (countable) An act of self-denial.