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Surrender — deny (8)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

abnegate

<span class="explanation-format__ClueExplanation">I believe this clue is a double definition.<br/ ><br/ >'<span class="explanation-format__original">surrender</span>' is the first definition.<br/ ><span class="explanation-format__explanation">(I know that abnegate is a more specific form of the action surrender)</span><br/ ><br/ >'<span class="explanation-format__original">deny</span>' is the second definition.<br/ ><span class="explanation-format__explanation">(abnegating is a kind of denying)</span><br/ ><br/ ></span>

(Other definitions for abnegate that I've seen before include "Disown" , "Refuse" , "Give up or renounce" , "Renounce, reject" , "Formally renounce" .)

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