Thursday, August 1, 2013

abnegation


  • Meaning  -  renunciation; self-sacrifice; self-abnegation
  • Synonyms -  give up, renunciation, denial, relinquish.
  • Antonyms -  assert, assume, defend, defy, hold, remain, retain, usurp.
  • Usage -  Swami Vivekananda abnegated all the luxurious of material life.
  • Remember -  Ab-negate ~ relate negate to negative and ab to away. It implies subtracting something. Subtracting (removing away) some important aspect of your life means sacrificing something.

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