Abstinent

['æbstɪnənt]

Definition

(adj.) self-restraining; not indulging an appetite especially for food or drink; 'not totally abstinent but abstemious' .

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Definition

(a.) Refraining from indulgence, especially from the indulgence of appetite; abstemious; continent; temperate.

(n.) One who abstains.

(n.) One of a sect who appeared in France and Spain in the 3d century.

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Synonyms and Synonymous

a. [1]. Abstaining, fasting.[2]. Abstemious, sober, temperate.

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Synonyms and Antonyms

SYN:Temperate, abstemious, continent, sober, self-denying, austere

ANT:Self-indulgent, sensual, intemperate, epicurean, dissipated, incontinent,debauched

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Definition

adj. abstaining from: temperate.—n. Abs′tinence an abstaining or refraining especially from some indulgence (with from)—also Abs′tinency.—adv. Abs′tinently.

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