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Abstinence
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Meaning
Noun
●
The
act
or
practice
of
abstaining
,
refraining
from
indulging
a
desire
or appetite.
Specifically, the
practice
of
abstaining
from intoxicating/alcoholic
beverages
; total
abstinence
; teetotalism).
Specifically, the
practice
of
abstaining
from
sexual intercourse
, either
permanently
or until marriage.
Abstention from certain
foods
on
days
of
penitential
observance.
●
The
practice
of
self-denial
;
self-restraint
;
forebearance
from anything.
●
Self-denial;
abstaining
; or
forebearance
of anything.
●
In Business:
Delay of
spending
to
accrue
capital.
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