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noun the denial and rejection of a doctrine or belief
noun renunciation of your own interests in favor of the interests of others
originFirst attested before 1398. From Middle English abnegacioun, borrowed from Latin abnegātiō, from abnegō (“refuse, deny”), from ab (“off”) + negō (“deny; refuse, say no”). Compare French abnégation.
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