HyperDic: sexual_abstention

English > 1 sense of the expression sexual abstention:
NOUNactsexual abstention, chastity, celibacyabstaining from sexual relations (as because of religious vows)
English > sexual abstention: 1 sense > noun 1, act
Meaningabstaining from sexual relations (as because of religious vows).
Synonymschastity, celibacy
Categoryreligion, faith, religious beliefA strong belief in a supernatural power or powers that control human destiny
BroaderabstinenceAct or practice of refraining from indulging an appetite
Spanishabstinencia sexual, castidad, celibato
Catalanabstinència sexual, castedat, celibat

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