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fastings

noun as in hunger strike

Strongest match

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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