abnegate

About 0.01 uses per million words.

Meaning

1. verb To deny (oneself something); to renounce or give up (a right, a power, a claim, a privilege, a convenience). .mw-parser-output .defdate{font-size:smaller}
2. verb To relinquish; to surrender; to abjure.

Similar words

renounce atsake abrenounce denegate forswear aband deny of deny abjure abdicate

Often followed by

the their his responsibility for its and ourselves himself your

Word family

abnegated abnegates abnegating abnegator abnegators