Abnegation

Noun

 * 1) A denial; a renunciation.

Adjectives for Abnegation
manly; unselfish; absolute; subtle; apostolic; heroic; inspired; unsparing.

Thesaurus
abstinence; calm; calmness; conservatism; constraint; continence; contradiction; control; cool; declension; declination; declinature; declining; denial; deprivation; disagreement; disallowance; disclaimer; disclamation; disobedience; dispassion; dissent; evenness; forbearance; frugality; gentleness; golden mean; happy medium; holding back; impartiality; judiciousness; juste-milieu; lenity; meden agan; middle way; mildness; moderateness; moderation; moderationism; nay; naysaying; negation; negative; negative answer; negative attitude; negativeness; negativism; negativity; neutrality; nix; no; nonacceptance; noncompliance; nonconsent; nonobservance; nonviolence; nothing in excess; pacifism; prudence; recantation; refusal; rejection; renouncement; renunciation; repose; repudiation; restraint; retention; self-abnegation; self-control; self-denial; self-discipline; self-mastery; self-restraint; serenity; soberness; sobriety; sophrosyne; stability; steadiness; temperance; temperateness; thumbs-down; tranquillity; turndown; unexcessiveness; unextravagance; unextremeness; unwillingness; via media; withholding

Etymology
From abnegatio:, from abnego:, from ab: + nego:. Compare abnégation:.

Synonyms

 * repudiation
 * denial
 * renunciation

Related terms

 * abnegate
 * abnegator

Derived terms

 * self-abnegation

Translations

 * Finnish: kieltäminen
 * French:


 * Irish:
 * Italian: