MEANING
To give up a right, desire, or claim deliberately.
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Words that belong together
- abnegate responsibility
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He abnegated his claim to the estate.
She refused to abnegate responsibility.
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Word forms
- Base
- abnegate
- Past tense
- abnegated
- Past participle
- abnegated
- Present participle
- abnegating
Full tense & aspect guide
- Present
- abnegate
- Present continuous
- am/is/are abnegating
- Present perfect
- have/has abnegated
- Present perfect continuous
- have/has been abnegating
- Past
- abnegated
- Past continuous
- was/were abnegating
- Past perfect
- had abnegated
- Past perfect continuous
- had been abnegating
- Future
- will abnegate
- Future continuous
- will be abnegating
- Future perfect
- will have abnegated
- Future perfect continuous
- will have been abnegating
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Usage notes
Primary category: literary. Forms: abnegate; abnegates; abnegated; abnegated; abnegating Legacy lexical fields mirror sense 1 only. Use numbered sense fields for all meanings. Third-person singular: abnegates.
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