abstention English

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abstention Noun

— Abstention is when someone is abstaining from something or when someone does not take part in something. It's usually used to refer to not drinking alcohol or not having sex. Abstention stops you from getting drunk. My brother's abstention protected him from sexually transmitted diseases.

abstention

— noun (= abstinence) the trait of abstaining (especially from alcohol)

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abstinence

forbearance

continence

temperance

restraint

nonparticipation

continency

teetotalism

teetotaling

stop

standoffishness

solution

sobriety

self-denial

self-control

reticence

refrain

quit

offishness

nonintervention

noninterference

keeping away from

evasion

escape

distance

demureness

coyness

constraint

chastity

avoidance

ascetic

abstentions

abstemiousness

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Self-controlled

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  self-control abnegation abstention abstinence asceticism constraint discipline equanimity forbearance moderation poise reserve restraint self-denial self-discipline sobriety stoicism sufferance temperance tolerance toleration