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Abstention

Abstention Definition And Meaning
What's The Definition Of Abstention? [n] the trait of abstaining (especially from alcohol) Synonyms \| Synonyms for Abstention: abstinence Related Terms \| Find terms related to Abstention: abstainment \| abstemiousness \| abstinence \| anythingarianism \| asceticism \| avoidance \| banyan day \| celibacy \| chastity \| continence \| cop-out \| desuetude \| disuse \| Encratism \| eschewal \| evasion \| fast \| fence-sitting \| fish day \| Friday \| fruitarianism \| gymnosophy \| impartiality \| independence \| Lenten fare \| mugwumpery \| mugwumpism \| nephalism \| neutralism \| neutrality \| nonalignment \| noncommitment \| nonemployment \| noninvolvement \| nonpartisanism \| nonprevalence \| nonuse \| nothingarianism \| obsolescence \| obsoleteness \| obsoletion \| obsoletism \| pensioning off \| plain living \| Pythagoreanism \| Pythagorism \| Rechabitism \| refraining \| refrainment \| retirement \| sexual abstinence \| Shakerism \| simple diet \| spare diet \| Spartan fare \| Stoicism \| strict neutrality \| superannuation \| teetotalism \| the pledge \| total abstinence \| unprevalence \| vegetarianism See Also \| self-denial \| self-discipline Abstention In Webster's Dictionary \Ab*sten"tion\, a. [F. See {Abstain}.] The act of abstaining; a holding aloof. --Jer. Taylor.

Abstention Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Abstention?

[n] the trait of abstaining (especially from alcohol)

Synonyms | Synonyms for Abstention: abstinence

See Also | self-denial | self-discipline

Abstention In Webster's Dictionary

\Ab*sten"tion\, a. [F. See {Abstain}.]
The act of abstaining; a holding aloof. --Jer. Taylor.

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