| Abstinence |
| The act or practice of abstaining; voluntary
forbearance of any action, especially the refraining from an indulgence
of appetite, or from customary gratifications of animal or sensual
propensities. Specifically, the practice of abstaining from
intoxicating beverages, -- called also total abstinence. |
| Abstinence |
| The practice of self-denial by depriving one's self of
certain kinds of food or drink, especially of meat. |
| Abstinency |
| Abstinence. |
| Abstinent |
| Refraining from indulgence, especially from the
indulgence of appetite; abstemious; continent; temperate. |
| Abstinent |
| One who abstains. |
| Abstinent |
| One of a sect who appeared in France and Spain in the 3d
century. |
| Abstinently |
| With abstinence. |
| Abstorted |
| Wrested away. |
| Abstract |
| Withdraw; separate. |
| Abstract |
| Considered apart from any application to a particular
object; separated from matter; existing in the mind only; as, abstract
truth, abstract numbers. Hence: ideal; abstruse; difficult. |
