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abstemiousness

noun as in sobriety

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Example Sentences

In the end, the voyage made it easy to understand why we jettisoned so many of those promises about pet-care abstemiousness.

He retained his powers by great abstemiousness, living chiefly on figs, honey, and bread.

Careless to abstemiousness in her daily habits, it was part of her pride to set a feast before such of her guests as cared for it.

In self-examination temperance or abstemiousness plays an important rle.

We mean rather a more stringent abstemiousness, which may be called separation from the world, or asceticism.

I feel that my abstemiousness, implying as it does a jaded palate and an aristocratic indigestion, is highly fashionable.

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On this page you'll find 23 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to abstemiousness, such as: abstinence, ascetic, moderation, restraint, self-denial, and temperateness.

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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