OXFORD 9000
📚 verb • entry_id 175

abnegate

/ˈæb.nɪ.ɡeɪt/
Meanings (ES + gloss)
abnegar • rechazar
To deny (oneself something); to renounce or give up (a right, a power, a claim, a privilege, a convenience).
All ancient and modern histories of nations abnegate God.
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 ab…
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