abnegate
verb
[ ˈabnɪɡeɪt ]
• renounce or reject (something desired or valuable).
• "he attempts to abnegate personal responsibility"
Similar:
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,
forsake,
Origin:
early 17th century: from Latin abnegat- ‘renounced’, from the verb abnegare, from ab- ‘away, off’ + negare ‘deny’.
