5. 100 Top Action Verbs for Mind Games, Mental Panache, Mastermind Monkey Business, Meeting MENSAs, or Just Showing Off
Abnegate
(1) extremely sad; surrender or deny oneself
(2) give up rights; reject; relinquish; renounce;
(3) hopeless; servile
Word Used in Sentence(s)
(1) “Scientists, being people of cognitive complexity, must start making their own decisions as to whether what they’re doing adds to human happiness or detracts from it, and not abnegate moral responsibility.”
—Weldon, Fay. “A ‘Profile’ of the Creator,” Washington Post, July 19, 1992.
Collocates to: moral, otherwise, responsibility, serve
Abrogate
(1) abolish; get rid of; negate; nullify by authority; repeal
Word Used in Sentence(s)
(1) “[On love:] I have no respect ...
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