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abstinent

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Adjective

  1. Refraining from indulgence, especially from the indulgence of appetite.

Noun

  1. One who abstains; a faster.
  2. Alternative letter-case form of Abstinent.
  3. One of a Christian sect that appeared in France and Spain in the 3rd century, and practised abstinence from meat and sex.

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