different between abnegation vs abnegate

English

Etymology

First attested before 1398. From Middle English abnegacioun, borrowed from Late Latin abneg?ti?, from abneg? (“refuse, deny”), from ab (“off”) + neg? (“deny; refuse, say no”). Compare French abnégation.

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA^(key): /?æbn???e???n/, /?æbn???e???n/
• Rhymes: -e???n

Noun

abnegation (countable and uncountable, plural abnegations)

1. A denial; a renunciation; denial of desire or self-interest. [First attested around 1350 to 1470.]

   Synonyms: repudiation, self-denial, denial, renunciation

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Interlingua

Noun

abnegation (plural abnegationes)

1. abnegation

English

Etymology

First attested in 1657.

• Perhaps from Latin abneg? (“to refuse, reject”) from ab (“away from”) + neg? (“to deny”),
• Alternatively, perhaps a back-formation from abnegation.

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA^(key): /?æb.n?.?e?t/, /?æb.ni.?e?t/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?æb.n?.?e?t/

Verb

abnegate (third-person singular simple present abnegates, present participle abnegating, simple past and past participle abnegated)

1. (transitive) To deny (oneself something); to renounce or give up (a right, a power, a claim, a privilege, a convenience). [First attested in the early 17^th century.]
2. (transitive) To relinquish; to surrender; to abjure. [First attested in the mid 18^th century.]

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• abnegation
• abnegator
• abnegatory

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Latin

Verb

abneg?te

1. second-person plural present active imperative of abneg?