Definition of abstinent Abstinent
/æˈbstʌnʌnt/ - [abstununt] - ab•sti•nent
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What does abstinent mean?
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| abstinent - self-restraining; not indulging an appetite especially for food or drink; "not totally abstinent but abstemious" | ||
| abstentious | ||
| abstemious sparing in consumption of especially food and drink; "the pleasures of the table, never of much consequence to one naturally abstemious"- John Galsworthy | ||
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Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘
- abstinent (a.)
Refraining from indulgence, especially from the indulgence of appetite; abstemious; continent; temperate. - abstinent (n.)
One who abstains. - abstinent (n.)
One of a sect who appeared in France and Spain in the 3d century.
Chambers DictionaryChamber's 20th Century Dictionary 📕
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abstinent
abs′tin-ent, adj. abstaining from: temperate.—n. Abs′tinence, an abstaining or refraining, especially from some indulgence (with from)—also Abs′tinency.—adv. Abs′tinently. [See Abstain.]
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🔤- abstinent, noun, singular of abstinents.
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