What does Abnegation mean i would be grateful if u could help

The act of not accepting something, or of saying that you do not have something; denial.

Explanation:

Example: Her abnegation of ice cream and cookies is due to her Olympic team training.

the correct answer option for this is: false.

explanation:

we are given the following statement 'hawthorne thought of himself as a novelist' which is false.

the truth is that nathaniel hawthorne thought of himself as a romancer, rather than a novelist.

though it is ironic of him of him to consider himself a romancer rather than a novelist despite of the innocent women killings in the salem witch trials which occurred in colonial massachusetts between 1692 and 1693 .