abstemiousness
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You will make a vow of abstemiousness in food and drink.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 28, 2021
But that kind of civic resilience depends on funding effective government services—the very thing Cuomo’s abstemiousness would prevent.
From Slate ● Sep. 25, 2020
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
Mr. Islam, the former Cat Stevens, left pop stardom for a life of abstemiousness and Islamic study.
From New York Times ● Apr. 11, 2014
Then it occurred to him that his companion might draw his own conclusions as to his reasons for any unusual abstemiousness, and he helped himself liberally.
From Thrice Armed by Harold Bindloss
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