ABNEGATE
- to renounce
- to renounce (to disown (to deny the ownership of)) [v ABNEGATED, ABNEGATING, ABNEGATES]
- to deny to oneself [v ABNEGATED, ABNEGATES, ABNEGATING] : ABNEGATION [n]
- is a formal word that is most often used to mean to deny or renounce in contexts relating to responsibility if you abnegate your responsibilities, you deny them and refuse to do what those responsibilities require.