fasts

noun

A train that calls at only some stations it passes between its origin and destination, typically just the principal stations

1. The act or practice of abstaining from food or of eating very little food.
2. The period of time during which one abstains from or eats very little food.

   Lent and Ramadan are fasts of two religions.

1. To restrict one’s personal consumption, generally of food, but sometimes other things, in various manners (totally, temporally, by avoiding particular items), often for religious or medical reasons.

   Muslims fast during Ramadan and Catholics during Lent.