3 definitions found From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]: abstinent adjective: self-restraining; not indulging an appetite especially for food or drink; "not totally abstinent but abstemious" [syn: {abstentious}] noun: a person who refrains from drinking intoxicating beverages [syn: {abstainer}, {nondrinker}] [ant: {drinker}] From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]: Abstinent \Ab"sti*nent\, adjective [F. abstinent, L. abstinens, p. pr. of abstinere. See {Abstain}.] Refraining from indulgence, especially from the indulgence of appetite; abstemious; continent; temperate. --Beau. & Fl. From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]: Abstinent \Ab"sti*nent\, noun 1. One who abstains. 2. (Eccl. Hist.) One of a sect who appeared in France and Spain in the 3d century.

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