 3 definitions found
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
abstention
noun: the trait of abstaining (especially from alcohol) [syn: {abstinence}]
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Abstention \Ab*sten"tion\, adjective [F. See {Abstain}.]
The act of abstaining; a holding aloof. --Jer. Taylor.
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
63 Moby Thesaurus words for "abstention":
Encratism, Friday, Lenten fare, Pythagoreanism, Pythagorism,
Rechabitism, Shakerism, Spartan fare, Stoicism, abstainment,
abstemiousness, abstinence, anythingarianism, asceticism,
avoidance, banyan day, celibacy, chastity, continence, cop-out,
desuetude, disuse, eschewal, evasion, fast, fence-sitting,
fish day, fruitarianism, gymnosophy, impartiality, independence,
mugwumpery, mugwumpism, nephalism, neutralism, neutrality,
nonalignment, noncommitment, nonemployment, noninvolvement,
nonpartisanism, nonprevalence, nonuse, nothingarianism,
obsolescence, obsoleteness, obsoletion, obsoletism, pensioning off,
plain living, refraining, refrainment, retirement,
sexual abstinence, simple diet, spare diet, strict neutrality,
superannuation, teetotalism, the pledge, total abstinence,
unprevalence, vegetarianism
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