abnegatein a sentence
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I will not abnegate my duties as a father.
abnegate = voluntarily giving something up
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The monk practices self-abnegation.
abnegation = voluntarily giving something up (in this case, luxuries)
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She abnegated those rights when she signed the agreement.
abnegated = voluntarily gave up
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Abnegation discourages anything done strictly for my own enjoyment,
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abnegation = the group of people that practice self-denial
- Jose Arcadio Buendia made no attempt to console her, completely absorbed in his tactical experiments with the abnegation of a scientist and even at the risk of his own life.† (source)
- He became a professor in Geneva (where there are no demonstrations), and in a burst of abnegation (in womanless, paradeless solitude) he published several scholarly books, all of which received considerable acclaim.† (source)
- Remorse …. abnegation … self-sacrifice … the desire for purification — all pressing upon her.† (source)
- For if in the 1940s, long before the dawn of our liberation, the ancient chivalry still prevailed and the plastic June Allysons of a boy's dreams were demigoddesses with whom one might at most, to use the sociologists' odious idiom, "pet to climax," I carried self-abnegation to its mad limit and with my beloved Maria did not even try to cop a feel, as they used to say in those days.† (source)
- Those who blamed selfishness made Abnegation.† (source)
- Except: He did not have the quiet demeanor of someone who grew up in Abnegation.† (source)
- Not hushed, like the Abnegation speak, always treading holy ground and trying not to disturb.† (source)
- The Abnegation aren't manipulative, but they aren't forthright, either.† (source)
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- It's one of the many things Erudite gives as evidence of Abnegation's incompetence.† (source)
- Also, when Jeanine attacked Abnegation, she got all the Abnegation data.† (source)
- The streets in the Abnegation sector, now crawling with Dauntless soldiers.† (source)
- Then how do you explain all the Abnegation children?† (source)
- I heard you talking to Johanna about what motivated Jeanine's attack on Abnegation.† (source)
- When I look at the Abnegation lifestyle as an outsider, I think it's beautiful.† (source)
- I thought only the Abnegation used the stairs.† (source)
- One of the Abnegation puts a cup of steaming liquid under my nose and says, "Drink this.† (source)
- The Abnegation leaders told them what we had to tell them.† (source)
- The Abnegation greeted one another by bowing heads, a sign of respect.† (source)
- I wanted to acknowledge a part of myself that Abnegation demanded that I hide.† (source)
- You transferred from Abnegation to Dauntless?† (source)
- "Except," says Marcus, "Joshua is not an Abnegation name."† (source)
- If Abnegation is fizzling, it's our fault—Robert's and Caleb's and mine.† (source)
- Abnegation would welcome you back; I'm sure of it.† (source)
- Five years ago, volunteer construction workers from Abnegation repaved some of the roads.† (source)
- Everyone but the Abnegation takes mirrors for granted.† (source)
- And technically, I also got an Abnegation result—according to the system.† (source)
- It has been years since I jumped off a building in my Abnegation uniform; it has been decades.† (source)
- I wonder what Johanna, the Amity, and the Abnegation are doing in this chaos.† (source)
- That kind of love may only be possible in Abnegation.† (source)
- I didn't know that most of the Divergent came from Abnegation, and I don't know why that would be.† (source)
- Candor values honesty, but our faction, Abnegation, values selflessness.† (source)
- Along time ago, the Abnegation were entrusted with some sensitive information," says Marcus.† (source)
- Murdered every single Abnegation leader?† (source)
- "And too Abnegation to 'celebrate," ' remarks Lynn.† (source)
- If I participate in the attack, I can't go after the information Jeanine stole from Abnegation.† (source)
- The only people I do not see are the Abnegation leaders.† (source)
- At the Abnegation table, we sit quietly and wait.† (source)
- "Your hair is pretty short for an Amity," she says…. he did not cut his hair like the Abnegation.† (source)
- They just want more say, that's all, and they resent Abnegation for refusing to listen to them.† (source)
- It is made of tarnished, dull metal, an Abnegation wedding band.† (source)
- And the Abnegation don't drink alcohol, so everyone is sober.† (source)
- No, the Abnegation were inclined toward forgiveness and reconciliation, as you might expect.† (source)
- Particularly among a pack of Abnegation.† (source)
- Maybe if I fight to make Abnegation work, my act will turn into reality.† (source)
- I HAVE ATTENDED Abnegation's initiation ceremony every year except this one.† (source)
- The Abnegation were reluctant to provide information that only serves to relieve curiosity.† (source)
- So am I—the Abnegation don't hold grudges.† (source)
- Maybe there is some Abnegation in everyone, even if they don't know it.† (source)
- I should tell her that my result was Abnegation, because that's what Tori recorded in the system.† (source)
- How many Abnegation did she kill, guided by the simulation?† (source)
- My father: Erudite-born, Abnegation-grown.† (source)
- All the Abnegation looked the same to me.† (source)
- "My allegiance lies with anyone who does not support the attack on Abnegation," he says.† (source)
- Abnegation uses it to describe self-indulgence.† (source)
- I could belong in Abnegation just as easily.† (source)
- You are responsible for the deaths of hundreds of Abnegation.† (source)
- I do not regret choosing Dauntless or leaving Abnegation.† (source)
- And he wears the gray clothes of the Abnegation.† (source)
- Many children who are raised Abnegation receive that kind of result.† (source)
- Before he can go on, the cafeteria doors open, and a group of Abnegation come in.† (source)
- You're not cutting your hair like the Abnegation anymore," I say.† (source)
- I'm sure Abnegation would make an exception for you.† (source)
- "The facts," says Marcus, "are that she is terrified of reality, and the Abnegation were not.† (source)
- There is no better place to need help than a room full of members of Abnegation.† (source)
- We are in the basement of Abnegation headquarters.† (source)
- I thought you said only the Abnegation leaders knew.† (source)
- Of course she isn't curious—she's Abnegation.† (source)
- It must be someone from Abnegation, or from school.† (source)
- This would never have happened in Abnegation!† (source)
- She is referring to the group of Abnegation who were with my father and Marcus in the safe house.† (source)
- Or relieved, because the last Abnegation leader is still alive?† (source)
- My theory is that you really do belong in Abnegation.† (source)
- And because the Abnegation don't take photographs, the only documentation I have of how they looked.† (source)
- I could be subsumed into Abnegation's hive mind, projecting always outward.† (source)
- I try to think of the attack simulation, and what it did to the Abnegation.† (source)
- Abnegation and Dauntless are both broken, their members scattered.† (source)
- Am I wired like the Abnegation, or the Dauntless?† (source)
- By now, the Abnegation at the other end of the table are paying attention.† (source)
- The Abnegation are willing to die for any person, friend or enemy, if the situation calls for it.† (source)
- Abnegation prepared me for that aspect of Dauntless life.† (source)
- I may not be an Abnegation-loving faction traitor.† (source)
- Are there any Abnegation initiates this year?† (source)
- Stiff" is slang for Abnegation, and I'm the only one here.† (source)
- The other Abnegation and myself have discussed it and decided that we should not stay here.† (source)
- I scan the screens, one by one, looking for one that shows the Abnegation sector of the city.† (source)
- If I had to guess, I would say that one of the Abnegation put the stack there for me.† (source)
- "Abnegation, Dauntless," I say, "and Erudite."† (source)
- People who tell the truth are the Candor …. and the Abnegation," she says.† (source)
- I have equal aptitude for Erudite as I do for Dauntless and Abnegation, after all.† (source)
- My brother, born for Abnegation, Erudite?† (source)
- Halfway to the bowls, I am sure that I will choose Abnegation.† (source)
- The Abnegation sit in tight rows a few yards to my left.† (source)
- The Abnegation are dying again, dying like they were when I pretended to be under the simulation.† (source)
- An Abnegation volunteer speaks the next round of names.† (source)
- I transferred into Dauntless from Abnegation.† (source)
- All the Abnegation will die if this continues.† (source)
- The door is open, and through it I see Tobias stuffing Abnegation clothes into the trash bin.† (source)
- I brush over Abnegation's symbol with my fingertips.† (source)
- He gets up and sits at the other end of the table with the rest of the Abnegation.† (source)
- The Abnegation volunteer agency my mother works for is responsible for most of those renovations.† (source)
- The Abnegation are modest to the point of discomfort.† (source)
- "He wanted you to be the small, quiet girl from Abnegation," Four says softly.† (source)
- I wonder what the Abnegation leaders—including my father—were doing.† (source)
- My odds, as the smallest initiate, as the only Abnegation transfer, are not good.† (source)
- Marcus said that information the Abnegation possessed motivated Jeanine's attack on Abnegation.† (source)
- Perhaps the little Abnegation girl inside of you would take that more seriously.† (source)
- I am supposed to be braver than the Abnegation, but they don't seem as worried as I am.† (source)
- "Never met a curious Abnegation before," she says, raising her eyebrows at me.† (source)
- I can't wage war against Abnegation, against my family.† (source)
- The Abnegation deaths are just another weight I am unable to set down.† (source)
- My curiosity is a mistake, a betrayal of Abnegation values.† (source)
- Is it hard for you to be in an Abnegation house again?† (source)
- What's an Abnegation member doing in a truck with two Amity?† (source)
- If Caleb wasn't fit for Abnegation, how can I be?† (source)
- The Erudite don't let the Abnegation into their compound anymore.† (source)
- "Susan wants to go see the Abnegation," he says.† (source)
- Your stupid ex-faction isn't just insulting Abnegation anymore.† (source)
- Several members of Abnegation, three members of Dauntless, and a former Erudite initiate.† (source)
- "Fair enough," he says, "but why were the Abnegation so concerned with finding the Divergent?† (source)
- I will pretend long enough to get to the Abnegation sector of the city.† (source)
- I don't know why someone would avoid the Abnegation.† (source)
- Even when I was supposed to be Abnegation.† (source)
- Few people who are born into Abnegation choose to leave it.† (source)
- If this were Abnegation, no Divergent would be sitting here right now.† (source)
- If my mother was Dauntless, why did she choose Abnegation?† (source)
- But your father has a lot of influence over the Abnegation, and he always has.† (source)
- I was about to rattle off a few more holidays, but only the Abnegation celebrate them.† (source)
- Maybe Four was one of the Erudite, which explains why he hates Abnegation.† (source)
- Tori reported my result as Abnegation, so that is what is in the system.† (source)
- You think the Abnegation would really exile someone?† (source)
- We join the crowd of Abnegation-turned-Amity.† (source)
- Since then, Erudite has released two articles about Abnegation.† (source)
- The Abnegation sector is far from quiet.† (source)
- Why are most of the Divergent weak-willed, God-fearing nobodies from Abnegation, of all factions?† (source)
- You choose this moment to act like the Abnegation?† (source)
- If he wasn't Abnegation, I'm sure the girls at school would stare at him.† (source)
- I wish I could tell my parents that I will die like the Abnegation.† (source)
- Abnegation is a strange faction, I have to tell you.† (source)
- Maybe it's better that Abnegation wants me to suppress it.† (source)
- "I wasn't good enough for Abnegation," I say, "and I wanted to be free.† (source)
- Idly I think, How could he ever have been Abnegation?† (source)
- I don't make a habit of associating with the Abnegation.† (source)
- "Your Abnegation is showing," says Christina.† (source)
- Abnegation stood in the way of her desire for power, so she found a way to eliminate it.† (source)
- Is that why you got Abnegation's symbol tattooed on your shoulder?† (source)
- His eyes roam over the symbol of Abnegation, and he smiles.† (source)
- Not Dauntless, not Abnegation, not factionless.† (source)
- That every second I waste means another Abnegation dead and another Dauntless made into a murderer?† (source)
- You have a lot of Abnegation leaders to murder, after all.† (source)
- Of those, I am the only Abnegation transfer, and there are no Amity transfers.† (source)
- But she must hide that beauty in Abnegation.† (source)
- I recognize her, but not from a factionless warehouse—from the Abnegation sector.† (source)
- Only they didn't do much with the memory serum—the Abnegation serum.† (source)
- "With the Abnegation memory serum," Reggie says.† (source)
- Abnegation's quiet, their community, their routine, always seemed good to me.† (source)
- "To the Abnegation, power should only be given to people who don't want it."† (source)
- You know what the Abnegation used to say about pride?† (source)
- I've never known an Abnegation to pick up a weapon.† (source)
- I don't belong to Abnegation, or Dauntless, or even the Divergent.† (source)
- When I was young, my father used to do it, in the hallway on the top floor of our Abnegation house.† (source)
- Even though she took an Abnegation name?† (source)
- Even the Abnegation leadership was poisoned by it.† (source)
- I am beginning to understand why my mother joined Abnegation when she was supposed to join Erudite.† (source)
- But she was still able to carry out her mission in Abnegation.† (source)
- His hair, cropped close to his skull in the Abnegation style, does not help this impression.† (source)
- "The Abnegation have teachings about this, you know," he says.† (source)
- "It's not about what they did to the Abnegation.† (source)
- And Abnegation who switch to Dauntless become ….† (source)
- But Edith is an Abnegation name, and my father's relatives must have been Erudite, so …."† (source)
- The Abnegation react to death with silence and service, not words.† (source)
- Of course, Abnegation turned out to be no better, in some ways.† (source)
- The highest proportion of Divergent was among the factionless, not Abnegation.† (source)
- Andrew and I are going to choose Abnegation together.† (source)
- So tomorrow, at the Choosing Ceremony, Andrew and I are going to choose Abnegation together.† (source)
- "We call it 'memory serum,' since it doesn't technically just belong to the Abnegation, but yeah.† (source)
- She made me think, for the first time, that I could leave Abnegation—that I had to.† (source)
- What happened to make her join Abnegation instead?† (source)
- Abnegation produces deeply serious people.† (source)
- "Would we have chosen the same factions we did if Mom and Dad hadn't chosen Abnegation?"† (source)
- He was an Abnegation leader, after all, and as such, one of the keepers of the truth.† (source)
- "It's the Abnegation in you," Amar says.† (source)
- Worse than killing most of the Abnegation?† (source)
- Better to end the lives of the Abnegation than to risk the experiment.† (source)
- I see Abnegation bodies and Erudite bodies sprawled over streets and staircases.† (source)
- Abnegation was about to reveal the truth to everyone inside the city.† (source)
- I wonder what the Abnegation treat would have been, if they had one.† (source)
- What's left of Abnegation is with us.† (source)
- It is not what I expect in an Abnegation house, where everything is always quiet, no matter how many people are gathered within.† (source)
- The rest of the Abnegation spread throughout the room, and Caleb and Peter are a few seats down from me.† (source)
- I get the sense that if I were to whittle her down to her core, she would be Abnegation all the way through.† (source)
- All Abnegation houses are the same, so this living room is exactly the same as my own, and it does bring back memories, if I look at it carefully.† (source)
- Said she saw an Abnegation woman get killed while she was on a mission for Jeanine and couldn't stomach it anymore.† (source)
- She left Dauntless not because she was ill-suited for it but because it was safer to be Divergent in Abnegation.† (source)
- The face of Abnegation headquarters is just a cement rectangle, like all the other buildings in the Abnegation sector.† (source)
- A week before the simulation attack, the Abnegation leaders decided it was time to reveal the information in the file to everyone.† (source)
- The Dauntless or the Candor, maybe, because bravery and honesty make people do strange things, but the Abnegation?† (source)
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