abnegateEnglishOxford English Thesaurusabnegate verb he cannot abnegate the responsibility which the choice confers on him: renounce, reject, refuse, abandon, spurn, abdicate, give up, relinquish, abjure, repudiate, forswear, disavow, cast aside, drop, turn one's back on, wash one's hands of, eschew; archaic forsake. ▷antonyms accept.abnegate Oxford Dictionary of English