abnegate

Nor should we abnegate our responsibilities to individuals from other parts of the world.

But one doesn't abnegate by keeping one's self pure and proud of its own purity.

The three comrades instruct the young comrade to abnegate himself and to take advantage of opportunities.

The suggestion that somebody is an anti-Semite is so bad that we should abnegate the need for confirmation or argument in support of the claim.

When the characters orate, often unaccompanied, Mr. Moran seems to abnegate his role as an opera composer.

From New Zealand to the Falklands With George around I could abnegate all responsibility for my life, as he planned it out for me in minute detail.

A man, Wolff argues, can forfeit his autonomy by not taking the responsibility on himself; by, for example, obeying commands blindly; but he cannot abnegate the responsibility which the possibility of choice confers upon him.

Computerized braking is to be applauded, but the time required to lift your foot from gas to brake and the fact that the sole of your shoe often catches the side of the pedal does somewhat abnegate the ABS advantage.

Anderson attempts to abnegate personal responsibility by assuming the role of tutor, treating his own behaviour as if it were an ethical test case, and invoking more complex philosophical arguments to support his position: His uncertainty, however, undermines his attempt to fob off Hollar with philosophical justifications.