abstinence

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Noun

1. 1
   The act or practice of abstaining, refraining from indulging a desire or appetite.
2. 2
   The act or practice of abstaining, refraining from indulging a desire or appetite: Specifically, the practice of abstaining from intoxicating/alcoholic beverages; total abstinence; teetotalism).
3. 3
   The act or practice of abstaining, refraining from indulging a desire or appetite: Specifically, the practice of abstaining from sexual intercourse, either permanently or until marriage.
4. 4
   The act or practice of abstaining, refraining from indulging a desire or appetite: Abstention from certain foods on days of penitential observance.
5. 5
   The practice of self-denial; self-restraint; forebearance from anything.
6. 6
   Self-denial; abstaining; or forebearance of anything.
7. 7
   Delay of spending to accrue capital.