abnegation
Example Sentences
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Born into Abnegation, which values selflessness, Tris signed up with Team Dauntless in the inaugural movie.
From New York Times • Mar. 19, 2015
Latecomers can apply the mnemonic device FACADE: Factionless for the outsiders, Amity for the famers, Candor for the truthsayers, Abnegation for the selfless, Dauntless for the daring and Erudite for the smarties.
From Time • Mar. 18, 2015
Dauntless are the warrior class, those in Amity farm the earth, the clever Erudite store knowledge, Candor members enact the law, and selfless Abnegation leads.
From Slate • Mar. 21, 2014
Members of Abnegation don’t own many decorations, since they are viewed as self-indulgent, but what few things we were allowed, he has.
From "Insurgent" by Veronica Roth
She is dressed in the same clothes she wore the last time I saw her, Abnegation gray, stained with her blood, with bare arms to show her tattoo.
From "Allegiant" by Veronica Roth
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