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fastings
noun as in abstinence
noun as in hunger strike
Strongest match
Weak matches
noun as in watching one's weight
noun as in fast
Strong matches
Weak match
verb as in calorie counting
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Example Sentences
The Friday fastings and the evening church and the sick visits would be better far than that.
Fastings in his youth and neglect at all times told early upon his constitution.
They filled their lives with fastings—with prayers—with self-accusings.
Some of them wore chains, and were ruining their health with over-watchings and fastings.
Command him to have solemn prayers and fastings, so that they may, all of them, be the better able to wrestle with the devil.
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On this page you'll find 54 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to fastings, such as: chastity, fasting, frugality, moderation, self-restraint, and abnegation.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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