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On :: On (prep.) At or in the time of; during; as, on Sunday we abstain from labor. See At (synonym)..

Abstemious :: Abstemious (a.) Abstaining from wine.

Abstinence :: Abstinence (n.) 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..

Continent :: Continent (a.) Abstaining from sexual intercourse; exercising restraint upon the sexual appetite; esp., abstaining from illicit sexual intercourse; chaste..

Abstain :: Abstain (v. i.) To hold one's self aloof; to forbear or refrain voluntarily, and especially from an indulgence of the passions or appetites; -- with from..

Fast :: Fast (v. i.) To abstain from food; to omit to take nourishment in whole or in part; to go hungry.

Forbear :: Forbear (v. t.) To keep away from; to avoid; to abstain from; to give up; as, to forbear the use of a word of doubdtful propriety..

Dehort :: Dehort (v. t.) To urge to abstain or refrain; to dissuade.

Fast :: Fast (v. i.) To practice abstinence as a religious exercise or duty; to abstain from food voluntarily for a time, for the mortification of the body or appetites, or as a token of grief, or humiliation and penitence..

Leave :: Leave (v.) To cease from; to desist from; to abstain from.

Avoid :: Avoid (a.) To keep away from; to keep clear of; to endeavor no to meet; to shun; to abstain from; as, to avoid the company of gamesters..

Abstain :: Abstain (v. t.) To hinder; to withhold.

Abstained :: Abstained (imp. & p. p.) of Abstai.

Contract :: Contract (n.) The agreement of two or more persons, upon a sufficient consideration or cause, to do, or to abstain from doing, some act; an agreement in which a party undertakes to do, or not to do, a particular thing; a formal bargain; a compact; an interchange of legal rights..

Abstinent :: Abstinent (n.) One who abstains.

Refrain :: Refrain (v. t.) To abstain fro.

Encratite :: Encratite (n.) One of a sect in the 2d century who abstained from marriage, wine, and animal food; -- called also Continent..

Faster :: Faster (n.) One who abstains from food.

Abstention :: Abstention (a.) The act of abstaining; a holding aloof.

Abstaining :: Abstaining (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Abstai.

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