as in refusals
the act or practice of giving up or rejecting something once enjoyed or desired
the couple's sudden abnegation of life in the fast lane for work as missionaries stunned everyone
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Noun
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Some went to court to challenge government refusals to authorize pickets, while others scaled them back to smaller indoor gatherings.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
21 Mar. 2026 -
Care refusals aren’t a new phenomenon.—
Laura Ungar,
Chicago Tribune,
21 Mar. 2026
Noun
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Quickly afterward, though, came the denials from Iran about talks, while Iran's semiofficial Fars and Tasnim news agencies portrayed the American president as backing down.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
24 Mar. 2026
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The footage doesn’t exactly paint Timberlake in the best light, particularly considering his staunch denials that he was intoxicated.—
Lizzie Lanuza,
StyleCaster,
23 Mar. 2026
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Annual renunciations surged to a record high of 6,705 in 2020, with numbers remaining elevated ever since, according to immigration services company Boundless.—
Medora Lee,
USA Today,
27 Jan. 2026
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“Abnegations.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/abnegations. Accessed 27 Mar. 2026.
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