If you are a chocolate lover, you'll have to show great restraint when the dessert cart rolls over if you are practicing abstinence, another word for "refraining." It might take a lot of willpower not to throw yourself at the cart.
The act or practice of abstaining; voluntary forbearance of any action, especially the refraining from an indulgence of appetite, or from customary gratifications of animal or sensual propensities. Specifically, the practice of abstaining from intoxicating beverages, -- called also
Noun
act or practice of refraining from indulging an appetite
Noun
the trait of abstaining (especially from alcohol)
n.
The act or practice of abstaining; voluntary
forbearance of any action, especially the refraining from an indulgence
of appetite, or from customary gratifications of animal or sensual
propensities. Specifically, the practice of abstaining from
intoxicating beverages, -- called also total abstinence.
n.
The practice of self-denial by depriving one's self of
certain kinds of food or drink, especially of meat.
Abstinence
The abstinence from a present pleasure that offers itself is a pain, nay, oftentimes, a very great one.2.
Penance, fasts, and abstinence, To punish bodies for the soul's offense.
The act or practice of abstaining; voluntary forbearance of any action, especially the refraining from an indulgence of appetite, or from customary gratifications of animal or sensual propensities. Specifically, the practice of abstaining from intoxicating beverages, -- called also
Usage Examples
The Obama administration now has regulations that tells them that they can no longer promote marriage to these young girls. They can no longer promote marriage as a way of avoiding poverty and bad choices that they make in their life. They can no longer even teach abstinence education. They have to be neutral with respect to how people behave.
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Other Usage ExamplesPeace and abstinence from European interferences are our objects, and so will continue while the present order of things in America remain uninterrupted.
When I was writing 'The Abstinence Teacher,' I really tried to immerse myself in contemporary American evangelical culture.
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