the act of not allowing yourself to have something that you want; the act of rejecting something
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NAmE//ˈæbnɪˌɡeɪt//
verb [transitive] abnegate somethingSee abnegation in the Oxford Advanced Learner's DictionaryCheck pronunciation: abnegation