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Synonyms for Abstinence
ˈæb stə nənsab·sti·nence
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English Synonyms and Antonyms
abstinence
Abstinence from food commonly signifies going without; abstemiousness, partaking moderately; abstinence may be for a single occasion, abstemiousness is habitual moderation. Self-denial is giving up what one wishes; abstinence may be refraining from what one does not desire. Fasting is abstinence from food for a limited time, and generally for religious reasons. Sobriety and temperance signify maintaining a quiet, even temper by moderate indulgence in some things, complete abstinence from others. We speak of temperance in eating, but of abstinence from vice. Total abstinence has come to signify the entire abstaining from intoxicating liquors.
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abstemiousness, continence, fasting, frugality, moderation, self-control, self-denial, self-restraint, sobriety, temperanceAntonyms:
drunkenness, excess, gluttony, greed, intemperance, intoxication, reveling, revelry, self-indulgence, sensuality, wantonnessPreposition:
The negative side of virtue is abstinence from vice.
Princeton's WordNet
abstinence, abstentionnoun
the trait of abstaining (especially from alcohol)
Synonyms:
abstention, abstinenceabstinencenoun
act or practice of refraining from indulging an appetite
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abstention
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Dictionary of English Synonymes
abstinencenoun
Synonyms:
abstaining, refrainingabstinencenoun
Synonyms:
abstemiousness, soberness, temperance, moderation
Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated Words
abstinencenoun
Synonyms:
forbearance, temperance, self-denial, abstemiousness
PPDB, the paraphrase database
List of paraphrases for "abstinence":
Words popularity by usage frequency
ranking | word | |
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#17149 | moderation | |
#20872 | fasting | |
#24124 | abstinence | |
#38214 | temperance | |
#41208 | sobriety | |
#54982 | continence | |
#57996 | celibacy | |
#64813 | abstention | |
#95106 | frugality |
How to use Abstinence in a sentence?
I'm all about adding interventions and therapeutic techniques that have proven to be significantly profound in the changes to somebody's life and treatment. Unfortunately, I don't know that there's evidence to substantiate that marijuana's had that effect, our take is abstinence based and we use every tool or intervention we can that's been proven effective in the past.
Courtly love-poetry may first have been written during long periods of abstinence on the Crusades, but it would not have flourished in the cold of northern Europe without some help from the chimney.
In the past week I had some cake and I also had my first glass of wine after 10 years of abstinence, i was really warm inside after only a few sips. That felt good.
Neonatal abstinence syndrome is one of the most heartbreaking parts of the opioid crisis.
Regardless of what I did personally, I just think that abstinence is the only... 100 percent foolproof way to prevent pregnancy.
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- трезвеност, възържаниеBulgarian
- Enthaltsamkeit, Keuschheit, AbstinenzGerman
- vigilia, abstinenciaSpanish
- pidättyvyys, kieltäytyminen, raittius, pidättyminen, täysraittiusFinnish
- abstinenceFrench
- abstinentiaInterlingua
- astinenzaItalian
- alcoholonthouding, onthouding, geheelonthoudingDutch
- avholdenhet, avholdNorwegian
- abstynencja, wstrzemięźliwośćPolish
- abstinência, [[abstinência]] [[sexual]]Portuguese
- воздержание, трезвенность, абстиненцияRussian
- umerenost, samoodricanje, trezvenjaštvo, trezvenost, uzdržljivost, uzdržavanjeSerbo-Croatian
- avhållsamhet, kyskhet, absolutismSwedish
- การละเว้นThai
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