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Six example sentences with abnegate, each labelled with its topic.
Stoic teachers asked students to abnegate comfort deliberately, sleeping on boards to learn what they could live without.
Philosophy
Fighters cutting weight abnegate every food they crave for eight weeks, then eat one enormous meal after weigh-in.
Fitness
The heiress in the film abnegates her inheritance entirely, walking away from the estate she had wanted since childhood.
Movies
The novel's heroine abnegates the marriage she has wanted for years, choosing instead to nurse her ailing father.
Literature
To clear the debt in two years they abnegated every holiday and restaurant meal, and the plan worked.
Finance
In the study, participants who abnegated the cash prize for a stranger's benefit reported more lasting satisfaction than those who kept it.
Psychology
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