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| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | abstinence |
| Synonyms: | abnegation, abstemiousness, ascetic, asceticism, self-abnegation, self-sacrifice, selflessness |
| Antonyms: | self-indulgence |
| Main Entry: | abstention |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | refraining |
| Synonyms: | abstaining, abstinence, avoidance, non-indulgence, self-control, self-denial, self-restraint, sobriety |
| Main Entry: | abstinence |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | restraint from desires, especially physical desires |
| Synonyms: | abnegation, abstaining, abstemiousness, asceticism, avoidance, chastity, continence, fasting, forbearance, frugality, moderation, refraining, renunciation, self-control, self-denial, self-restraint, soberness, sobriety, teetotalism, temperance |
| Antonyms: | drunkenness, excess, indulgence, intemperance, intoxication, revelry, self-indulgence |
| Main Entry: | austerity |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | refraining; abstinence |
| Synonyms: | abstemiousness, asceticism, chasteness, chastity, continence, determination, economy, prudence, puritanism, self-denial, self-discipline, sobriety, stoicism, strictness, temperance |
| Antonyms: | elaborateness, extravagance, indulgence, spending |
| Main Entry: | renunciation |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | abandonment, rejection |
| Synonyms: | abdication, abjuration, abnegation, abstention, cancellation, denial, disavowal, disclaimer, eschewal, eschewing, forbearing, forswearing, giving up, rebuff, refusal, relinquishment, remission, renouncement, repeal, repudiation, resignation, sacrifice, self-abnegation, self-denial, self-sacrifice, spurning, surrender, veto, waiver, yielding |
| Antonyms: | allowance, approval, condonement |
| Main Entry: | restraint |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | self-control |
| Synonyms: | abstemiousness, abstinence, caution, coercion, command, compulsion, confines, constraint, control, coolness, curtailment, economy, forbearance, grip, hindrance, hold, inhibition, limitation, moderation, prevention, repression, reserve, restriction, secretiveness, self-denial, self-discipline, self-government, self-possession, self-restraint, silence, suppression, unnaturalness, withholding |
| Antonyms: | agitation, arousal, wildness |
| Main Entry: | temperance |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | self-restraint; abstinence |
| Synonyms: | abnegation, abstemiousness, asceticism, astringency, austerity, conservatism, constraint, continence, control, discretion, eschewal, forbearance, forgoing, frugality, golden mean, happy medium, measure, moderateness, moderation, moderatism, mortification, prohibition, prudence, reasonableness, refrainment, restraint, sacrifice, self-control, self-denial, self-deprivation, self-discipline, soberness, sobriety, stoicism, teetotalism, uninebriation, unintoxication |
| Antonyms: | excess, intemperance, wildness |
| Main Entry: | abstemiousness |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | sobriety |
| Synonyms: | abstinence, ascetic, moderation, restraint, self-denial, temperateness |
| Main Entry: | quitclaim |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | abdication |
| Synonyms: | abandonment, abjuration, abnegation, abstention, cancellation, demission, denial, disavowal, disclaimer, eschewal, eschewing, forbearing, forswearing, giving up, rebuff, refusal, relinquishment, remission, renouncement, renunciation, repeal, repudiation, resignation, sacrifice, self-abnegation, self-denial, self-sacrifice, spurning, surrender, veto, waiver, yielding |
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