English > abstinence: 2 senses > noun 2, act| Meaning | Act or practice of refraining from indulging an appetite. |
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| Narrower | chastity, celibacy, sexual abstention | abstaining from sexual relations (as because of religious vows) |
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| fast, fasting | abstaining from food |
| inhibition, suppression | (psychology) the conscious exclusion of unacceptable thoughts or desires / desires |
| sawm | The third pillar of Islam is fasting (primarily during the month of Ramadan) |
| sobriety, temperance | abstaining from excess |
| teetotaling, teetotalism | abstaining from alcohol |
| Broader | self-denial, self-discipline, self-control | The act of denying yourself |
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| Spanish | abstinencia, vigilia |
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| Catalan | abstinència |
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| Adjectives | abstinent | self-restraining |
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