abstinence
Meaning of abstinence
- the practice of restraining oneself from indulging in something, typically alcohol or sex.
I started drinking again after six years of abstinence
abstinence from premarital intercourse
Middle English: from Old French, from Latin abstinentia, from the verb abstinere (see abstain).
Information about abstinence
- It is a name.
- The plural form of abstinence is: abstinences.
- Languages in which abstinence is used:
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Hyphenation of abstinence
ab-sti-nence
- It consists of 3 syllables and 10 chars.
- abstinence is a word trisyllabic because it has three syllables
abstinence synonyms
Meaning abstention:
Meaning abstinence from alcoholic drink:
Meaning the state of being sober:
Meaning the state of abstaining from marriage and sexual relations:
Meaning the state or practice of refraining from extramarital, or especially from all, sexual intercourse:
Meaning the ability to control movements of the bowels and bladder:
Meaning the state of never having had sexual intercourse:
Meaning stop oneself from doing something:
Meaning stop doing something; cease or abstain:
Meaning patient and restrained:
Meaning the action or fact of owning, maintaining, or protecting something:
Meaning refusal to give something that is due or desired:
Meaning becoming smaller, fewer, or less; decreasing:
Meaning persistently avoid, ignore, or reject (someone or something) through antipathy or caution:
Meaning go without (something desirable):
abstinence antonyms
Meaning the fact or state of being promiscuous:
Translation of abstinence
- French: abstinence
- German: Enthaltsamkeit, Abstinenz
- Portuguese: abstinência
- Spanish: abstinencia
- Italian: astinenza
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