definition of the word abnegation

Latin abnegatio: compare French abnégation

• Rhymes: -eɪʃǝn

abnegation (plural abnegations)

1. A denial; a renunciation.

   Quotations

   • With abnegation of God, of his honor, and of religion, they may retain the friendship of the court. - John Knox (Letter to the Queen Dowager)

• repudiation

• Webster 1913

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