abstinence
Pronunciation
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Pronunciation
- IPA: /ˈæb.stɪ.nəns/
abstinence
- The act or practice of abstaining, refraining from indulging a desire or appetite. [First attested around 1150 to 1350.]
- Penance, fasts, and abstinence, / To punish bodies for the soul's offense. - John Dryden
- The abstinence from a present pleasure that offers itself is a pain, nay, oftentimes, a very great one. — John Locke
- Complete abstinence is easier than perfect moderation. — St Augustine
- Specifically, the practice of abstaining from intoxicating/alcoholic beverages; total abstinence; teetotalism). [First attested around 1150 to 1350.]
- Specifically, the practice of abstaining from sexual intercourse, either permanently or until marriage. [First attested around 1150 to 1350.]
- (ecclesiastical) Abstention from certain foods on days of penitential observance. [First attested around 1150 to 1350.]
- The practice of self-denial; self-restraint; forebearance from anything. [First attested around 1350 to 1470.]
- (obsolete) Self-denial; abstaining; or forebearance of anything. [First attested around 1150 to 1350.]
- (business) Delay of spending to accrue capital.
- French: abstinence
- German: Enthaltsamkeit, Abstinenz
- Italian: astinenza
- Portuguese: abstinência
- Russian: воздержа́ние
- Spanish: vigilia, abstinencia
- French: abstinence
- German: Abstinenz
- Italian: astinenza
- Portuguese: abstinência
- Russian: воздержа́ние
- Spanish: abstinencia
- French: abstinence, abstinence sexuelle
- German: Keuschheit
- Italian: astinenza
- Portuguese: abstinência sexual
- Russian: воздержа́ние
- French: abstinence
- German: Enthaltsamkeit
- Italian: astinenza
- Portuguese: abstinência
- Spanish: vigilia
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