stə noun
1.
forbearance from any indulgence of appetite, especially from the use of alcoholic beverages: total abstinence.
2.
any self-restraint, self-denial, or forbearance.
3.
Economics. the conserving of current income in order to build up capital or savings.
4.
the state of being without a drug, as alcohol or heroin, on which one is dependent.
Also, ab·sti·nen·cy.
Related forms
ab·sti·nent, adjective
ab·sti·nent·ly, adverb
pro·ab·sti·nence, adjective
Synonyms
1. abstemiousness, sobriety, teetotalism.
1. abstemiousness, sobriety, teetotalism.
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| —n | |
| 1. | the act or practice of refraining from some action or from the use of something, esp alcohol |
| 2. | chiefly RC Church the practice of refraining from specific kinds of food or drink, esp from meat, as an act of penance |
| [C13: via Old French from Latin abstinentia, from abstinēre to | |
| 'abstinent | |
| —adj | |
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Word Origin & History
abstinence
c.1300, "forbearance in indulgence of the appetites," from L. abstinentia, from abstinens (gen. abstinentis), prp. of abstinere (see abstain). Specifically of sexual appetites from mid-14c.
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Medical Dictionary
abstinence ab·sti·nence (āb'stə-nəns)
n.
The act or practice of refraining from indulgence in an appetite, as for certain foods, drink, alcoholic beverages, drugs, or sex.
ab'sti·nent adj.
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