Meaning of ABSTENTION
| Pronunciation: | | ab'stenshun
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| | Definition: | | [n] the trait of abstaining (especially from alcohol) |
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| | Synonyms: | | abstinence |
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| | See Also: | | self-denial, self-discipline | |
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| | Definition: | | \Ab*sten"tion\, a. [F. See {Abstain}.]
The act of abstaining; a holding aloof. --Jer. Taylor.
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| | Related Terms: | | abstainment, abstemiousness, abstinence, anythingarianism, asceticism, avoidance, banyan day, celibacy, chastity, continence, cop-out, desuetude, disuse, Encratism, eschewal, evasion, fast, fence-sitting, fish day, Friday, fruitarianism, gymnosophy, impartiality, independence, Lenten fare, mugwumpery, mugwumpism, nephalism, neutralism, neutrality, nonalignment, noncommitment, nonemployment, noninvolvement, nonpartisanism, nonprevalence, nonuse, nothingarianism, obsolescence, obsoleteness, obsoletion, obsoletism, pensioning off, plain living, Pythagoreanism, Pythagorism, Rechabitism, refraining, refrainment, retirement, sexual abstinence, Shakerism, simple diet, spare diet, Spartan fare, Stoicism, strict neutrality, superannuation, teetotalism, the pledge, total abstinence, unprevalence, vegetarianism |
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