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abstinence

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Synonyms and Antonyms of ABSTINENCE

voluntary restraint in the satisfaction of one's appetites <a cleric vainly preaching abstinence in a world where self-indulgence is regarded as almost a virtue>

Synonyms continence, self-abnegation, self-denial, sobriety, temperance

Near Antonyms gluttony, greed, rapaciousness, rapacity, voraciousness, voracity; hedonism, sensuality, sybaritism

Antonyms self-indulgence

abstention from sexual intercourse <an AIDS-prevention program that relies primarily on abstinence>

Synonyms abstinence, chasteness, chastity, continence

Related Words modesty, purity; honor, innocence, virginity, virtue

Near Antonyms debauchery, lechery, licentiousness, venery, wenching, whoring

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