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Abstinent :: Abstinent (a.) Refraining from indulgence, especially from the indulgence of appetite; abstemious; continent; temperate..

Indulgence :: Indulgence (n.) The act of indulging or humoring; the quality of being indulgent; forbearance of restrain or control.

Gluttony :: Gluttony (n.) Excess in eating; extravagant indulgence of the appetite for food; voracity.

Forbear :: Forbear (v. t.) To treat with consideration or indulgence.

Abstemious :: Abstemious (a.) Sparing in diet; refraining from a free use of food and strong drinks; temperate; abstinent; sparing in the indulgence of the appetite or passions.

Jester :: "Jester (n.) A person addicted to jesting, or to indulgence in light and amusing talk..

Indulgence :: Indulgence (v. t.) To grant an indulgence to.

Sensualist :: Sensualist (n.) One who is sensual; one given to the indulgence of the appetites or senses as the means of happiness.

Inabstinence :: Inabstinence (n.) Want of abstinence; indulgence.

Lecher :: Lecher (n.) A man given to lewdness; one addicted, in an excessive degree, to the indulgence of sexual desire, or to illicit commerce with women..

Indulgement :: Indulgement (n.) Indulgence.

Weasy :: Weasy (a.) Given to sensual indulgence; gluttonous.

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..

Continent :: Continent (a.) Exercising restraint as to the indulgence of desires or passions; temperate; moderate.

Continency :: Continency (n.) The restraint which a person imposes upon his desires and passions; the act or power of refraining from indulgence of the sexual appetite, esp. from unlawful indulgence; sometimes, moderation in sexual indulgence..

Humor :: Humor (v. t.) To help on by indulgence or compliant treatment; to soothe; to gratify; to please.

Temperate :: Temperate (v. t.) Moderate in the indulgence of the natural appetites or passions; as, temperate in eating and drinking..

Rigor :: Rigor (n.) Exactness without allowance, deviation, or indulgence; strictness; as, the rigor of criticism; to execute a law with rigor; to enforce moral duties with rigor; -- opposed to lenity..

Jubilee :: "Jubilee (n.) A church solemnity or ceremony celebrated at Rome, at stated intervals, originally of one hundred years, but latterly of twenty-five; a plenary and extraordinary indulgence grated by the sovereign pontiff to the universal church. One invariable condition of granting this indulgence is the confession of sins and receiving of the eucharist..

Debauchery :: Debauchery (n.) Excessive indulgence of the appetites; especially, excessive indulgence of lust; intemperance; sensuality; habitual lewdness..

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