abstemiousness
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You will make a vow of abstemiousness in food and drink.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 28, 2021
For a long time, she was convinced that producing her best work required a monkish commitment to abstemiousness and isolation.
From The New Yorker ● Jul. 2, 2018
But this small gem in Italy’s heel is far from a haven of monkish abstemiousness.
From New York Times ● Aug. 8, 2013
At the end of December, in his WSJ column, McInerney published a list of 10 New Year’s resolutions, and this selective abstemiousness held a spot at No. 3.
From Slate ● May 5, 2012
Although of a feeble constitution, he preserved his health by his great abstemiousness, his diet consisting of figs, bread, and honey.
From Ancient and Modern Celebrated Freethinkers Reprinted From an English Work, Entitled "Half-Hours With The Freethinkers." by Charles Bradlaugh
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