abnegation
- abnegation (n.)
- late 14c., \\\"a negative assertion,\\\" c. 1500 as \\\"self-denial,\\\" from Latin abnegationem (nominative abnegatio) \\\"refusal, denial,\\\" noun of action from past participle stem of abnegare \\\"to refuse, deny,\\\" from ab- \\\"off, away from\\\" (see ab-) + negare \\\"to deny\\\" (see deny).
英 [æbnɪ\\\'geɪʃ(ə)n]||||||美 [,æbnɪ\\\'ɡeʃən]
