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abstinenceab‧sti‧nence /ˈæbstənəns/ noun [uncountable]   abstinenceOrigin: 1300-1400 Old French, Latin abstinentia, from Latin abstinere; ➔ ABSTAIN - I had planned to usher in the new decade with a month of abstinence.
- I should know by now that heavy drinkers are awfully fond of high-flown rationalisations for any brief spell of abstinence.
- In the early stages of abstinence, people are having a lot of difficulties and craving is most pronounced.
- Paul permits temporary abstinence also but only by mutual agreement.
- Some creatures indulge but once a year, with long periods of abstinence as they make copies of themselves.
- The primary goal of the treatment was abstinence.
- The third floor was a no-smoking floor or I think I might have started smoking again after six years' abstinence.
- Total abstinence from any sweeteners can cure a sweet tooth permanently - which is much better in the long term.
ADJECTIVE► total· I knew of no virtues except truthfulness, obedience, self-sacrifice, total abstinence from alcoholic drinks ....· If not, client and therapist can then together consider a goal of total abstinence.· As a public man and staunch Congregationalist he was active in social reform, notably in promoting total abstinence.· Compliance with any of the three drug treatments was associated with total abstinence during the year.· His campaigns for total abstinence were based on appeals to reason.· At sixteen Malins took the total abstinence pledge.· As for the member of Alcoholics Anonymous, there could be no compromise solution: it was either total abstinence or total relapse. the practice of not having something you enjoy, especially alcohol or sex, usually for reasons of religion or health—abstinent adjective |