abnegateverb [ T ]
uk/ˈæb.nɪ.ɡeɪt/us/ˈæb.nə.ɡeɪt/formalto not allow yourself to have something, especially something you like or want
to not accept something, or to say that you do not have something:
to abnegate responsibility/guilt
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Refusing & rejecting
- blow
- bugger
- damned
- demur
- derecognize
- disclaim
- door
- frown
- override
- react against sth
- refusal
- shoot
- shun
- sit
- sit sth out
- throw
- veto
- vote sth down
- wash
- wild horses wouldn't drag me idiom
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Denying & contradicting
abnegation
noun [ U ] uk/ˌæb.nɪˈɡeɪ.ʃən/us/ˌæb.nəˈɡeɪ.ʃən/