abnegation

1.	to refuse or deny oneself (some rights, conveniences, etc.); reject; renounce.

2.	to relinquish; give up.

ablution

1.	a cleansing with water or other liquid, esp. as a religious ritual.

2.	the liquid thus used.

3.	a washing of the hands, body, etc.

abjure

1.	to renounce, repudiate, or retract, esp. with formal solemnity; recant: to abjure one's errors.

2.	to renounce or give up under oath; forswear: to abjure allegiance.

3.	to avoid or shun.

abject

1.	utterly hopeless, miserable, humiliating, or wretched: abject poverty.

2.	contemptible; despicable; base-spirited: an abject coward.

3.	shamelessly servile; slavish.

4.	Obsolete. cast aside.

abide

–verb (used without object)

1.	to remain; continue; stay: Abide with me.

2.	to have one's abode; dwell; reside: to abide in a small Scottish village.

3.	to continue in a particular condition, attitude, relationship, etc.; last.

–verb (used with object)

4.	to put up with; tolerate; stand: I can't abide dishonesty!

5.	to endure, sustain, or withstand without yielding or submitting: to abide a vigorous onslaught.

6.	to wait for; await: to abide the coming of the Lord.

7.	to accept without opposition or question: to abide the verdict of the judges.

8.	to pay the price or penalty of; suffer for.

abhor

to regard with extreme repugnance or aversion; detest utterly; loathe; abominate.

abeyance

1.	temporary inactivity, cessation, or suspension: Let's hold that problem in abeyance for a while.

2.	Law. a state or condition of real property in which title is not as yet vested in a known titleholder: an estate in abeyance.