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Date: 1500-1600
Language: Late Latin
Origin: abnegatio, from Latin abnegare 'to refuse', from ab- 'away' + negare 'to deny'

abnegation

 noun
     
ab‧ne‧ga‧tion [uncountable] formal
when you do not allow yourself to have or do something that you want
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