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Wordnet 3.0

VERB (3)

1. deny oneself (something); restrain, especially from indulging in some pleasure;
- Example: "She denied herself wine and spirits"
[syn: deny, abnegate]

2. surrender (power or a position);
- Example: "The King abnegated his power to the ministers"

3. deny or renounce;
- Example: "They abnegated their gods"



The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

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. --Sir E. Sandys. Farrar.
   [1913 Webster]