abstinence
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: derivation
Topics: business
ecclesiastical
lifestyle
religion
Etymology: From Middle English abstinence, from Old French abstinence, from Latin abstinentia, from abstinēns, present participle of abstineō (“to withhold”). Equivalent to abstain + -ence.
Base: abstain
Affixes: -ence
Inflected forms:
form: abstinences
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: abstinency
pos: noun
tags: alternative
Senses:
gloss: The act or practice of abstaining, refraining from indulging a desire or appetite.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
examples: Near-synonyms: abstentiousness, abstemiousness
Penance, Faſts, and Abſtinence, / To puniſh Bodies for the Souls offence.
The abstinence from a present pleasure that offers itself is a pain, nay, oftentimes, a very great one.
These five short films by San Francisco artist James Broughton, reveal to the viewer the artistic changes undergone by the artist during his 15-year abstinence from filmmaking.
gloss: The act or practice of abstaining, refraining from indulging a desire or appetite.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
examples: For quotations using this term, see Citations:abstinence.
gloss: The act or practice of abstaining, refraining from indulging a desire or appetite.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
examples: Abstinence is the only 100% guaranteed contraception.
gloss: The act or practice of abstaining, refraining from indulging a desire or appetite.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
examples: "The church teaching before Vatican II was that it was 'gravely sinful' to take 2 ounces of meat on a day of abstinence such as Friday," said the Rev. Joseph S. Rossi, a Jesuit professor of church history at Loyola College.
gloss: The practice of self-denial; self-restraint; forebearance from anything.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
gloss: Self-denial; abstaining; or forebearance of anything.
pos: noun
tags: countable
obsolete
uncountable
gloss: Delay of spending to accrue capital.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
Related words: abstemious
abstinent
asexual
continence
Derived words: abstinence of war
abstinence only
abstinence ring
abstinence syndrome
abstinence theory
abstinency
fapstinence
inabstinence
neonatal abstinence syndrome
Translations:
lang: Albanian
word: përkore
lang: Bulgarian
word: въздържание
roman: vǎzdǎržanie
lang: Catalan
word: abstinència
lang: Dutch
word: onthouding
lang: Esperanto
word: abstinado
lang: Finnish
word: pidättyminen
lang: Finnish
word: pidättyvyys
lang: French
word: abstinence
lang: German
word: Enthaltsamkeit
lang: German
word: Abstinenz
lang: Greek
word: εγκράτεια
roman: egkráteia
lang: Ido
word: abstinenco
lang: Interlingua
word: abstinentia
lang: Irish
word: abstanaid
lang: Italian
word: astinenza
lang: Italian
word: astemìa
lang: Latin
word: abstinentia
lang: Lingala
word: ekila
lang: Mongo
word: ekila
lang: Norwegian Bokmål
word: avhold
lang: Norwegian Bokmål
word: avholdenhet
lang: Norwegian Bokmål
word: abstinens
lang: Old English
word: sȳfernes
lang: Old English
word: forhæfednes
lang: Polish
word: abstynencja
lang: Polish
word: wstrzemięźliwość
lang: Portuguese
word: abstinência
lang: Romanian
word: abstinență
lang: Russian
word: воздержа́ние
roman: vozderžánije
lang: Serbo-Croatian
word: uzdržljivost
lang: Serbo-Croatian
word: samoodricanje
lang: Serbo-Croatian
word: uzdržavanje
lang: Serbo-Croatian
word: umerenost
lang: Serbo-Croatian
word: trezvenost
lang: Serbo-Croatian
word: trezvenjaštvo
lang: Spanish
word: vigilia
lang: Spanish
word: abstinencia
lang: Swedish
word: avhållsamhet
lang: Tagalog
word: pangilin
lang: Tagalog
word: ngilin
lang: Ottoman Turkish
word: پرهیز
roman: perhiz
lang: Bulgarian
word: трезвеност
roman: trezvenost
lang: Dutch
word: alcoholonthouding
lang: Dutch
word: geheelonthouding
lang: Dutch
word: abstinentie
lang: Estonian
word: karskus
lang: Finnish
word: raittius
lang: Finnish
word: täysraittius
lang: French
word: abstinence
lang: German
word: Abstinenz
lang: Irish
word: lánstaonadh
lang: Italian
word: astinenza
lang: Norwegian Bokmål
word: avhold
lang: Norwegian Bokmål
word: avholdenhet
lang: Norwegian Bokmål
word: abstinens
lang: Old English
word: sȳfernes
lang: Polish
word: abstynencja
lang: Portuguese
word: abstinência
lang: Russian
word: воздержа́ние
roman: vozderžánije
lang: Russian
word: тре́звенность
roman: trézvennostʹ
lang: Russian
word: абстине́нция
roman: abstinéncija
lang: Spanish
word: abstinencia
lang: Swedish
word: absolutism
lang: Ottoman Turkish
word: پرهیز
roman: perhiz