abstinence
Example Sentences
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The household was conservative, Presbyterian and promoted abstinence.
From Los Angeles Times
They are concerned that encouraging abstinence from particular foods could trigger binge eating and extreme dieting to compensate.
From Salon
That’s not to suggest that abstinence alone has turned Team USA into champions.
Even when I was studying medicine or selling knives door-to-door in Maryland or teaching about abstinence in Mississippi or rallying and pushing kids about the importance of education here and there.
From Los Angeles Times
"Dead people can't recover, and overwhelmingly the research shows that there's no opposition between harm reduction and abstinence goals."
From Salon
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
