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abstinence
 
Noun abstinence has 2 senses
  1. abstinence, abstention - the trait of abstaining (especially from alcohol)
    --1 is a kind of self-discipline, self-denial
    Derived form: verb abstain2
  2. abstinence - act or practice of refraining from indulging an appetite
    --2 is a kind of     self-denial, self-discipline, self-control
    --2 has particulars:
     chastity, celibacy, sexual abstention; sobriety, temperance; teetotaling, teetotalism; fast, fasting; inhibition, suppression; sawm
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