abstinent
Meaning of abstinent
- refraining from an activity or from the consumption of something, especially alcohol.
the patients are best advised to be totally abstinent from alcohol
late Middle English: via Old French from Latin abstinent- ‘abstaining’, from the verb abstinere (see abstain).
Information about abstinent
- It is an adjective.
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CatalanHyphenation of abstinent
ab-sti-nent
- It consists of 3 syllables and 9 chars.
- abstinent is a word trisyllabic because it has three syllables
abstinent synonyms
Meaning abstentious:
Meaning abstainer:
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