waive or surrender rights or privileges; abstain, refrain, deny oneself
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Abnegate Definition from Language, Idioms & Slang Dictionaries & Glossaries
(v. t.)
To deny and reject; to abjure.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), edited by Noah Porter. AboutTo deny and reject; to abjure.
abnegate
\ab"ne*gate\ (&?;), v. t. [imp. & p. p. abnegated; p. pr. & vb. n. abnegating.] [l. abnegatus,p. p. of abnegare; ab + negare to deny. see deny.] to deny and reject; to abjure. e. sandys. farrar.
To renounce (a right or privilege).
Deny,renounce,relinquish,Surrender
**abnegated their God..
**abnegated her powers..
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Verb
1. deny oneself (something); restrain, especially from indulging in some pleasure; "She denied herself wine and spirits"
(synonym) deny
(hypernym) control, hold in, hold, contain, check, curb, moderate
(verb-group) deny, refuse
(derivation) abnegation, self-abnegation, denial, self-denial, self-renunciation
2. surrender; "The King abnegated his power to the ministers"
(hypernym) surrender, relinquish
(derivation) abnegator
3. deny or renounce; "They abnegated their gods"
(hypernym) deny
(derivation) abnegation
Abnegate Definition from Encyclopedia Dictionaries & Glossaries
Denial (also called abnegation) is a defense mechanism postulated by Sigmund Freud, in which a person is faced with a fact that is too uncomfortable to accept and rejects it instead, insisting that it is not true despite what may be overwhelming evidence. The subject may use:
- simple denial: deny the reality of the unpleasant fact altogether
- minimisation: admit the fact but deny its seriousness (a combination of denial and rationalization)
- projection: admit both the fact and seriousness but deny responsibility.
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