to abstain
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5.0
- verb
- /æbˈsteɪn/
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abstenerse de
- Beloved, I taught you as strangers and pilgrims to abstain from carnal desires which war against the soul.
- abstain from alcohol
- abstain from meat
- abstain from sex
I'm not saying abstain from all worldly pleasures.
- I'm not saying abstain from all worldly pleasures.
- Someone going all out monk mode, right, absolutely abstaining from all of that, right.
- And deciding not to speak for a year and abstain from all sexual activity, You.
- The Scripture says keep on abstaining from blood and from things sacrificed to idols.
- Through trial and error or whatever, they realize that, hey, periodically abstaining from food makes us stronger.
- They, they saved my life and, and I went to meetings faithfully for years and I abstained.
- And consumption is certainly critical in that we perhaps still abstain from eating meat on Fridays and eat fish.
- And then is it is it common that people in a harm reduction model end up abstaining from the substance that was causing them the most grief?
- So the remedy to all this, in my opinion, right, is I believe if you're going to abstain from sex, then really the focus should not be dating.
- And that is a period of time abstaining from that drug or that behavior that is causing the problem or related to the problem.
- But one of the reasons I abstain or refrain from it as much as possible.
- And I mean, it was a combination of having abstained from coffee in, in general.
- Our affirmation is despair, our negation is despair, and from despair we abstain from affirming and denying.
- So you have to be more cautious about recommending the absence as I was with insomnia of abstaining from naps.
Examples
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Then the patient might no longer need to abstain from alcohol; safe consumption would be a feasible goal.
Academic text (2012) -
But she said that I have to abstain from all sexual activity for at least four weeks.
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How can I abstain from sex for 30 days?
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We asked participants to fast and abstain from smoking overnight prior to their morning visit.
Academic text (2012) -
After the injection, the patient should abstain from any strenuous physical activity for 24 hours.
Academic text (2002) -
Some users with pre-existing conditions should probably abstain from using cannabis.
Academic text (2017) -
Fortunately, in my experience, most people who abstain for one month begin to notice improvements in mood, hopefulness, you know, sleep.
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In theory, liquor would have been forbidden in the town since Mormons are supposed to abstain from alcohol.
Academic text (2008) -
I wrote advising her to abstain from meddling in the affairs of state.
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Participants were asked to abstain from alcohol during the study to ensure accurate results.
Synonyms
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1.0
To stay away from something or not do it to stop something bad from happening
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4.2
Choose not to do something you want to do
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3.5
To choose not to take part in something
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5.6
To stop doing something that is not allowed or wanted
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8.9
To avoid something on purpose
Antonyms
How Restrained
Surface Forms
Etymology
The word abstain comes from the Latin parts ab- meaning 'away' and tenere meaning 'to hold', and it has the same 'ten' part as retain 'to keep'. So to abstain from food, drink, or other things is to 'hold yourself back' and not take them.