ABNEGATION

PRONUNCIATION: (ab-ni-GAY-shuhn)

MEANING: noun: Self-denial.

ETYMOLOGY: From Latin abnegation, from ab- (away, off) + negare (to deny), from nec (not). Earliest documented use: 1398.
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AB-NEG ACTION - having the rarest of blood types

ABS-NEGATION - abdominal obesity

GABNEGATION - squelching of rumors