abstinent
Example Sentences
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She has vowed to remain abstinent until she marries.
From BBC • May 31, 2025
To get R95 funding, they also cannot require people to be totally abstinent before being admitted.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 23, 2024
Harm reduction is the idea that someone does not need to be completely sober or abstinent from drugs in order to receive treatment and care or community support and sympathy.
From Seattle Times • Oct. 25, 2023
“The restaurant business tends to require a lot of face-to-face contact, and that makes those jobs harder right now, wearing masks, dealing with abstinent customers, and the risk of getting COVID,” she said.
From Washington Times • Feb. 3, 2022
I mean an old ecclesiastic who should have led a very pure, abstinent life.
From The Europeans by James, Henry
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
