abnegation (abnegashon)

[L. abnega tio (n-), denial, With abnegation of God, of his honour, and of religion, they may retain the friendship of the court. Knox, Letter to Queen Reg. of Scot. Carlyle, The Diamond Necklace. Judicious confirmation, judicious abnegation , abnegative (ab'ne-ga-tiv or ab-neg'a-tiv), a. Denying; negative. Clarke. [Rare.] abnegator (ab'ne-ga-tor), n. [L., a denier.] One who abnegates, denies, renounces, or op poses. Sir E. Sandys. abnerval (ab-ner'val), a. [L. ab, from, + nervus, nerve.] From or away from the nerve. Applied to electrical currents pa ing in a muscular fiber from the point of application of a nerve-fiber toward the extremities of the muscular fiber.