ABSTINENCE as NOUN

1. Meaning
   • act or practice of refraining from indulging an appetite
   Hypernyms(s) abstinence is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • self-denial (what does self-denial mean?)
   • self-discipline (what does self-discipline mean?)
   • self-control (what does self-control mean?)
   Hyponym(s)
   • chastity (what does chastity mean?)
   • celibacy (what does celibacy mean?)
   • sexual abstention (what does sexual abstention mean?)
   • sobriety (what does sobriety mean?)
   • temperance (what does temperance mean?)
   • teetotaling (what does teetotaling mean?)
   • teetotalism (what does teetotalism mean?)
   • fast (what does fast mean?)
   • fasting (what does fasting mean?)
   • inhibition (what does inhibition mean?)
   • suppression (what does suppression mean?)
   • sawm (what does sawm mean?)
2. Meaning
   • the trait of abstaining (especially from alcohol)
   Synonym(s)
   • abstention (what does abstention mean?)
   Hypernyms(s) abstinence is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • self-discipline (what does self-discipline mean?)
   • self-denial (what does self-denial mean?)
   Derived(s)
   • abstain (what does abstain mean?)
   • refrain (what does refrain mean?)
   • desist (what does desist mean?)
   • abstain (what does abstain mean?)
   • refrain (what does refrain mean?)
   • desist (what does desist mean?)