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▸ noun: Specifically, the practice of abstaining from intoxicating/alcoholic beverages; total abstinence; teetotalism).
▸ noun: Specifically, the practice of abstaining from sexual intercourse, either permanently or until marriage.
▸ noun: (ecclesiastical) Abstention from certain foods on days of penitential observance.
▸ noun: The practice of self-denial; self-restraint; forebearance from anything.
▸ noun: (obsolete) Self-denial; abstaining; or forebearance of anything.
▸ noun: (business) Delay of spending to accrue capital.
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abstention,
abstinency,
abstainment,
abstenance,
nonabstention,
inabstinence,
abrosia,
abstentionism,
continence,
celibacy,
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