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abnegation
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)
- 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)
- abnegation
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abstain
English
Etymology
First attested around 1380. From Middle English absteynen, absteinen, abstenen, from Old French astenir, abstenir, from Latin abstine? (“to hold oneself back”) from abs- (“from”) + tene? (“I hold”). See also tenable.
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /?b?ste?n/
- (US) IPA(key): /?b?ste?n/, /æb?ste?n/
- Rhymes: -e?n
Verb
abstain (third-person singular simple present abstains, present participle abstaining, simple past and past participle abstained)
- (transitive, reflexive, obsolete) Keep or withhold oneself. [Attested from around 1350 to 1470 until the mid 16th century.]
- (intransitive) Refrain from (something or doing something); keep from doing, especially an indulgence. [First attested around 1350 to 1470.]
- 22 May 1948, United Nations, Security Council Resolution 49
- The Security Council […] calls upon all Governments and authorities, without prejudice to the rights, claims or positions of the parties concerned, to abstain from any hostile military action in Palestine and to that end to issue a cease-fire order to their military and paramilitary forces
- 22 May 1948, United Nations, Security Council Resolution 49
- (intransitive, obsolete) Fast (not eat for a period). [First attested around 1350 to 1470.]
- (intransitive) Deliberately refrain from casting one's vote at a meeting where one is present. [First attested around 1350 to 1470.]
- (transitive, obsolete) Hinder; keep back; withhold. [Attested from the early 16th century until the mid 17th century.]
Usage notes
- (keep or withhold oneself): Followed by the word from or of.
- (refrain from something): Followed by the word from.
Conjugation
Synonyms
- deny oneself
- forbear
- forgo
- give up
- refrain
- relinquish
- withhold
Derived terms
- abstainer
- abstention
- abstainment
Related terms
- abstinence
- abstinent
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Anagrams
- Bastian, banitsa
Indonesian
Etymology
From English abstain, from Middle English absteynen, absteinen, abstenen, from Old French astenir, abstenir, from Latin abstine? (“to hold oneself back”) from abs- (“from”) + tene? (“I hold”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ap?stain/
- Hyphenation: ab?stain
Verb
abstain
- to abstain:
- (politics) to deliberately refrain from casting one's vote at a meeting where one is present.
- (medicine) to refrain from (something or doing something), to fast.
- Synonym: puasa
Further reading
- “abstain” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia (KBBI) Daring, Jakarta: Badan Pengembangan dan Pembinaan Bahasa, Kementerian Pendidikan dan Kebudayaan Republik Indonesia, 2016.
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