Usually means: Practicing restraint or self-denial.
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We found 14 dictionaries that define the word abstentious:

General (13 matching dictionaries)
  1. abstentious: Merriam-Webster
  2. abstentious: Collins English Dictionary
  3. abstentious: Vocabulary.com
  4. abstentious: Wordnik
  5. abstentious: Wiktionary
  6. Abstentious, abstentious: Dictionary.com
  7. Abstentious: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  8. abstentious: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  9. abstentious: Rhymezone
  10. Abstentious: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  11. abstentious: FreeDictionary.org
  12. abstentious: Mnemonic Dictionary
  13. Abstentious: TheFreeDictionary.com

Business (1 matching dictionary)
  1. abstentious: Merriam-Webster Legal Dictionary

(Note: See abstention as well.)

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Definitions from Wiktionary (abstentious)

▸ adjective:  Characterized by abstinence; self-restraint.

Similar:
abstemious, abstinent, ascetic, abstinential, abstenious, celibate, abstractive, tight-assed, abient, Spartan, more...

Opposite:
indulgent, self-indulgent, unrestrained, hedonistic

Types:
teetotal, sober, abstinent, more...

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Similar:
abstemious, abstinent, ascetic, abstinential, abstenious, celibate, abstractive, tight-assed, abient, Spartan, more...

Opposite:
indulgent, self-indulgent, unrestrained, hedonistic

Types:
teetotal, sober, abstinent, more...



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