Abstinence
Abstinence noun - Voluntary restraint in the satisfaction of one's appetites.
Refraining from and abstinence are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Refraining from" instead a noun "Abstinence".
Refraining from
Abstinence and refraining from are semantically related. Sometimes you can replace term "Abstinence" with "Refraining from", this terms are similar.
Mutual synonyms
Related pairs
- declining and abstinence
- declining and refraining from
- renunciation and abstinence
- renunciation and refraining from
- withholding and abstinence
- withholding and refraining from
- shunning and abstinence
- shunning and refraining from
- forgoing and abstinence
- forgoing and refraining from
- doing without and abstinence
- doing without and refraining from
- avoidance of and abstinence
- avoidance of and refraining from
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Refraining from and Abstinence. (2016). Retrieved 2026, July 22, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/abstinence/refraining_from
Abstinence & Refraining from. N.p., 2016. Web. 22 Jul. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/abstinence/refraining_from>.
Refraining from or Abstinence. 2016. Accessed July 22, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/abstinence/refraining_from.
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