abstinence

Meaning

  1. (countable, uncountable) The act or practice of abstaining, refraining from indulging a desire or appetite.
  2. (countable, uncountable) The act or practice of abstaining, refraining from indulging a desire or appetite.
  3. (countable, uncountable) The act or practice of abstaining, refraining from indulging a desire or appetite.
  4. (countable, uncountable) The act or practice of abstaining, refraining from indulging a desire or appetite.
  5. (countable, uncountable) The practice of self-denial; self-restraint; forebearance from anything.
  6. (countable, obsolete, uncountable) Self-denial; abstaining; or forebearance of anything.
  7. (countable, uncountable) Delay of spending to accrue capital.

Synonyms

temperance
23k

abstention

fasting
C2
abstemiousness
continence
sobriety
C2
self-control
C2
restraint
C2
teetotalism
self-restraint
forbearance
check
A1
refraining

total abstinence

continency
abstaining
starvation
C2
self control
moderation
24k
diet
B2
abnegation
refusal
C2
renounce
C2
renunciation
reticence

self discipline

soberness
surrender
B2
taboo
C2
temperateness
turndown
waive
21k

nephalism

prohibition
C2

going without

self restraint

ascetic existence

continent life

self-repression

self-inhibition

autogenic inhibition

autogenous suppression

abstinency
standoffishness
offishness

not eating

purifying by fasting

moderationism

naysaying
stop
A1
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Translations

abstinence
Abstinenz
abstinencia
astinenza
Enthaltsamkeit
abstinência
abstinentie
onthouding

geheelonthouding

abstinència

αποχή

Enthaltung

εγκράτεια

ieiunium
Frequency

22k
Pronounced as (IPA)
/ˈæb.stɪ.nəns/
Etymology

Inherited from Middle English
abstinence
In summary

From Middle English abstinence, from Old French abstinence, from Latin abstinentia, from abstinēns, present participle of abstineō (“I withhold”). Equivalent to abstain + -ence.

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