What is another word for abstinence?
1044 synonyms found
Pronunciation:
[ ˈabstɪnəns], [ ˈabstɪnəns], [ ˈa_b_s_t_ɪ_n_ə_n_s]
Abstinence is the practice of self-restraint or avoiding a particular behavior or substance. Some synonyms for abstinence include temperance, self-control, self-denial, and refraining. Abstention is another synonym that refers to the act of not partaking in an activity or substance. Some other possible synonyms for abstinence include moderation, sobriety, asceticism, and teetotalism. These varying words all relate to the idea of controlling impulses or avoiding certain actions to achieve specific goals or outcomes. Abstinence is often practiced in contexts such as addiction recovery, religious observance, and personal growth and self-improvement.
Synonyms for Abstinence:
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n.
• abnegation- eschewals ,
- giving ups ,
- nixings ,
- self denial ,
- selfdenial ,
- sur render ,
- sur renders ,
- sur-render ,
- sur-renders .
- avoidance ,
- circumvention ,
- declination ,
- disdain ,
- elusion ,
- escape ,
- evasion ,
- flight ,
- retreat ,
- shirking .
- Diaphragms ,
- IUDs ,
- Planned Parenthood ,
- Vasectomies ,
- birth prevention ,
- conception prevention ,
- contraception ,
- diaphragm ,
- method of preventing pregnancy ,
- rhythm method ,
- rubbers ,
- tied tubes ,
- vasectomy .
- Loneness ,
- Monkhood ,
- Priestliness ,
- aloneness ,
- bachelorhood ,
- intactness ,
- maidenhead ,
- purity ,
- solitude ,
- spinsterhood .
- chastenesses ,
- immaculacies ,
- monogamies ,
- sinlessnesses ,
- spotlessnesses ,
- up rightness ,
- up rightnesses ,
- up-rightness ,
- up-rightnesses .
- forgoings ,
- moderatisms ,
- reasonablenesses ,
- refrainments ,
- self deprivation ,
- self deprivations ,
- self-deprivations ,
- selfdeprivation ,
- selfdeprivations ,
- un inebriation ,
- un inebriations ,
- un intoxication ,
- un intoxications ,
- un-inebriation ,
- un-inebriations ,
- un-intoxication ,
- un-intoxications ,
- uninebriations ,
- unintoxications .
Other synonyms:
Other relevant words:
- abbreviate ,
- abide by ,
- abridge ,
- absoluteness ,
- abuse ,
- accolade ,
- act ,
- act as ,
- adjoin ,
- adversity ,
- advert ,
- affect ,
- affirm ,
- afford ,
- agony ,
- all right ,
- allude ,
- amnesty ,
- aplomb ,
- apostasy ,
- apply ,
- arrest ,
- artlessness ,
- ascendance ,
- ascendancy ,
- ascendence ,
- ascendency ,
- ascertain ,
- ascesis ,
- asperity ,
- assert ,
- assure ,
- assuredness ,
- astringence ,
- ataraxis ,
- attract ,
- austereness ,
- aver ,
- avow ,
- award ,
- back away ,
- back down ,
- back out ,
- back up ,
- backbone ,
- backrest ,
- backward ,
- backwards ,
- badness ,
- ban ,
- bank ,
- bar ,
- bareness ,
- barricade ,
- baseball swing ,
- beach wagon ,
- bear on ,
- bear upon ,
- becalm ,
- bet ,
- bet on ,
- bid ,
- big dipper ,
- binding ,
- blaspheme ,
- block ,
- block off ,
- block up ,
- blockade ,
- blockage ,
- bonyness ,
- book binding ,
- bow out ,
- bread and butter ,
- break ,
- break away ,
- break loose ,
- break off ,
- bring ,
- bring down ,
- bunk ,
- burn ,
- business concern ,
- business enterprise ,
- business organization ,
- business sector ,
- byplay ,
- calculate ,
- calendar method ,
- calendar method of birth control ,
- calm air ,
- calm down ,
- caper ,
- capitulation ,
- carelessness ,
- catch ,
- cave in ,
- cease ,
- cede ,
- celebrate ,
- celestial latitude ,
- centrism ,
- chagrin ,
- check ,
- chicken out ,
- child's play ,
- chill ,
- chill out ,
- chip in ,
- chorus ,
- circumspection ,
- clientele ,
- closeness ,
- closure ,
- clout ,
- coaster wagon ,
- cogency ,
- cold shoulder ,
- collapse ,
- come to ,
- command ,
- commercial enterprise ,
- commit ,
- composure ,
- compromise ,
- concern ,
- condescension ,
- consecrate ,
- conservativism ,
- constancy ,
- contact ,
- contain ,
- contemn ,
- contempt ,
- continent ,
- continue ,
- contraceptive diaphragm ,
- contraceptive method ,
- contract ,
- contribute ,
- control condition ,
- controller ,
- cool down ,
- cool it ,
- cool off ,
- coolheaded ,
- count ,
- cover ,
- crawfish ,
- crawfish out ,
- crushing ,
- curb ,
- curse ,
- curtailment ,
- curve ,
- cuss ,
- cut back ,
- cut down ,
- cut of meat ,
- cut off ,
- cutaneous senses ,
- cutting ,
- cutting off ,
- dally ,
- dance step ,
- debauched ,
- dec ,
- declension ,
- decline ,
- declivity ,
- dedicate ,
- defection ,
- defence ,
- defense ,
- degenerate ,
- degraded ,
- delectation ,
- deletion ,
- deliver ,
- demurrer ,
- depend ,
- deplumate ,
- deplume ,
- depone ,
- depose ,
- deprivation ,
- descent ,
- desertion ,
- despise ,
- despite ,
- devote ,
- diddle ,
- dieting ,
- digit ,
- dilute ,
- dipper ,
- discontinuation ,
- discontinue ,
- discreetness ,
- discretion ,
- disinterest ,
- dispassionateness ,
- displume ,
- disregard ,
- dissipated ,
- dissolute ,
- distress ,
- disturb ,
- dodging ,
- dominance ,
- donjon ,
- dorsum ,
- downslope ,
- drab ,
- drag ,
- drama ,
- dramatic play ,
- draw ,
- draw back ,
- draw in ,
- draw out ,
- drop ,
- dry ,
- dungeon ,
- ease ,
- ease up ,
- easing ,
- edit ,
- edit out ,
- elude ,
- eluding ,
- emaciation ,
- emasculated ,
- encounter ,
- end ,
- endorse ,
- ensure ,
- equal ,
- equanimity ,
- equivocation ,
- escape cock ,
- escape valve ,
- escapism ,
- establish ,
- estate car ,
- excision ,
- excruciation ,
- excuse ,
- exploited ,
- extend to ,
- extract ,
- fail ,
- fair weather ,
- fall ,
- fall in ,
- family planning ,
- famishment ,
- feed ,
- feel ,
- feeling ,
- fiddle ,
- fine ,
- finger's breadth ,
- fingerbreadth ,
- finish ,
- firm ,
- firmness ,
- fledge ,
- flight of stairs ,
- flight of steps ,
- flirt ,
- flogging ,
- fly the coop ,
- flying ,
- footfall ,
- footmark ,
- footprint ,
- footstep ,
- forbiddance ,
- forebear ,
- foreshorten ,
- forfeit ,
- forfeiture ,
- forgiveness ,
- forsaking ,
- forswearing ,
- founder ,
- free pardon ,
- free rein ,
- freeze off ,
- fri ,
- frolic ,
- frugalness ,
- full point ,
- full stop ,
- fun ,
- gage ,
- gambling ,
- gambol ,
- game ,
- gaming ,
- gangrene ,
- gash ,
- gauntness ,
- geld ,
- gelded ,
- generate ,
- get away ,
- get by ,
- get off ,
- get out ,
- ghost ,
- gift ,
- girlhood ,
- give up ,
- give way ,
- go along ,
- go on ,
- goldbricking ,
- golden section ,
- goofing off ,
- gradation ,
- gradualness ,
- grant ,
- grave ,
- graveness ,
- gravitation ,
- gravitational attraction ,
- gravitational force ,
- grimness ,
- hack ,
- halt ,
- hand ,
- hand truck ,
- hard knocks ,
- hardness ,
- harshness ,
- have ,
- have to do with ,
- head for the hills ,
- heartsease ,
- hideaway ,
- hightail it ,
- hind ,
- hinder ,
- hint ,
- hitch ,
- hold ,
- hold back ,
- hold in ,
- hold on ,
- hold open ,
- honour ,
- hope ,
- humiliation ,
- hunky-dory ,
- hurt ,
- hymen ,
- ignore ,
- ill-treat ,
- ill-use ,
- ill-used ,
- immaculateness ,
- immobile ,
- impact ,
- impart ,
- implore ,
- imprecate ,
- inactiveness ,
- inactivity ,
- inclemency ,
- indorse ,
- ingenuousness ,
- insure ,
- intercept ,
- invariability ,
- issue ,
- job ,
- jot ,
- keep back ,
- keep in line ,
- keep on ,
- keep open ,
- kibosh ,
- kick in ,
- lam ,
- lashing ,
- laurels ,
- lay ,
- lay off ,
- layover ,
- leak ,
- leakage ,
- leave ,
- leave out ,
- lenience ,
- leniency ,
- libertine ,
- light ,
- line ,
- line of work ,
- livelihood ,
- living ,
- loneliness ,
- lonesomeness ,
- look ,
- looseness ,
- loyal ,
- lull ,
- maidhood ,
- maintain ,
- make ,
- make for ,
- make out ,
- maltreat ,
- maneuver ,
- manipulate ,
- manoeuvre ,
- master ,
- mastery ,
- match ,
- meanness ,
- measure ,
- meet ,
- mercifulness ,
- mercy ,
- merit ,
- midriff ,
- minginess ,
- miserable ,
- miss ,
- mistreat ,
- mite ,
- mitigation ,
- moderate ,
- modestness ,
- monogamousness ,
- moral excellence ,
- motortruck ,
- move back ,
- move over ,
- mown ,
- naturalness ,
- necrosis ,
- neglectfulness ,
- negligence ,
- nerveless ,
- niggardliness ,
- nonpartisanship ,
- nonpayment ,
- nonperformance ,
- nonviolent resistance ,
- observe ,
- occlusion ,
- occlusive ,
- occupation ,
- ok ,
- okay ,
- old-age pension ,
- omit ,
- open ,
- operate ,
- outflow ,
- overleap ,
- overlook ,
- overstretch ,
- pace ,
- pacificism ,
- paddy wagon ,
- parsimoniousness ,
- partake ,
- pass ,
- pass on ,
- passive resistance ,
- passivism ,
- passivity ,
- patrol wagon ,
- patronage ,
- pay ,
- peace ,
- peace of mind ,
- peacefulness ,
- penance ,
- penitence ,
- penny-pinching ,
- period ,
- period of play ,
- perpetrate ,
- pertain ,
- pessary ,
- pinch ,
- placidity ,
- playact ,
- playing period ,
- plosive ,
- plosive consonant ,
- plosive speech sound ,
- plough ,
- pluck ,
- plump for ,
- plunk for ,
- point ,
- poise ,
- police van ,
- police wagon ,
- pooh-pooh ,
- possession ,
- pray ,
- present ,
- preservation ,
- preserve ,
- pretermit ,
- prevent ,
- proceed ,
- profligate ,
- prohibition era ,
- proscription ,
- prune ,
- puff ,
- pull away ,
- pull back ,
- pull in ,
- pull in one's horns ,
- pull out ,
- pull up ,
- pulling ,
- punt ,
- purdah ,
- pureness ,
- put down ,
- put-upon ,
- quelling ,
- quick ,
- quiet ,
- quieten ,
- quietness ,
- quietude ,
- quit ,
- rachis ,
- rationalise ,
- rationality ,
- rationalize ,
- reach ,
- rear ,
- rearward ,
- rearwards ,
- reason ,
- recede ,
- reckon ,
- recline ,
- recreate ,
- reduce ,
- refer ,
- regrets ,
- reject ,
- relate ,
- relaxation ,
- relief ,
- relief valve ,
- relinquishing ,
- rely ,
- rend ,
- render ,
- renouncement ,
- represent ,
- repudiation ,
- reside ,
- resignation ,
- respect ,
- rest ,
- restrain ,
- restrict ,
- retain ,
- retire ,
- retirement benefit ,
- retirement check ,
- retirement fund ,
- retirement pension ,
- retrograde ,
- return ,
- reward ,
- rhythm ,
- rhythm method of birth control ,
- rigorousness ,
- rigourousness ,
- riotous ,
- rip ,
- rip out ,
- ritual killing ,
- rival ,
- rive ,
- roleplay ,
- romp ,
- root for ,
- run ,
- run away ,
- safety valve ,
- sagaciousness ,
- sagacity ,
- sang-froid ,
- save ,
- scarper ,
- scat ,
- scorn ,
- second ,
- secondhand ,
- sedate ,
- sedateness ,
- see ,
- see to it ,
- self-abasement ,
- self-command ,
- self-determination ,
- self-possession ,
- self-renunciation ,
- self-rule ,
- self-will ,
- sense of touch ,
- serene ,
- serious ,
- settle down ,
- severeness ,
- sexual morality ,
- sheer ,
- shimmer ,
- shorten ,
- shortened ,
- shunning ,
- signature ,
- simmer down ,
- simpleness ,
- simplicity ,
- skin senses ,
- skip ,
- slacking ,
- slash ,
- slashed ,
- slew ,
- slice ,
- slip ,
- slue ,
- snub ,
- sober up ,
- softness ,
- soldiering ,
- solemn ,
- solemness ,
- solicit ,
- solitaire ,
- solitariness ,
- somber ,
- somberness ,
- sombre ,
- sombreness ,
- soupcon ,
- speck ,
- sphacelus ,
- spiel ,
- spinal column ,
- spine ,
- sport ,
- spot ,
- spring ,
- springiness ,
- spurn ,
- stableness ,
- stage business ,
- staidness ,
- stair ,
- stake ,
- starving ,
- station wagon ,
- stay ,
- stay fresh ,
- steady ,
- stiffness ,
- stifling ,
- still ,
- stinger ,
- stir ,
- stolidity ,
- stolidness ,
- stone's throw ,
- stop consonant ,
- stop over ,
- stopover ,
- stoppage ,
- stride ,
- stypsis ,
- sunshine ,
- support ,
- survival ,
- sustain ,
- sustenance ,
- swan ,
- swerve ,
- swing ,
- switch off ,
- swordplay ,
- tactile sensation ,
- tactual sensation ,
- tailor ,
- take on ,
- take out ,
- take to the woods ,
- tanning ,
- tap ,
- tear ,
- tear out ,
- tenability ,
- tenableness ,
- terminate ,
- thin ,
- thin out ,
- thinned ,
- thrift ,
- throw ,
- thumb ,
- tight ,
- tightfistedness ,
- tightness ,
- tinct ,
- tinge ,
- tint ,
- tone ,
- touch modality ,
- touch on ,
- touch sensation ,
- touching ,
- toy ,
- trace ,
- track ,
- trajectory ,
- tranquil ,
- tranquility ,
- tranquilize ,
- tranquillise ,
- tranquillize ,
- tread ,
- trend ,
- trifle ,
- trim ,
- trim back ,
- trim down ,
- trimmed ,
- truehearted ,
- trust ,
- turn ,
- turn back ,
- turn down ,
- turn off ,
- turn out ,
- turn over ,
- turn tail ,
- turning away ,
- twist ,
- unagitated ,
- undercut ,
- unplayful ,
- use ,
- validity ,
- veer ,
- verify ,
- vertebral column ,
- victimised ,
- victimized ,
- virginal membrane ,
- wager ,
- waggon ,
- wain ,
- want ,
- waterlessness ,
- weakened ,
- whipping ,
- whiteness ,
- whole step ,
- whole tone ,
- will power ,
- willpower ,
- withdraw ,
- withholding tax ,
- woe ,
- work ,
- wreak ,
- wrench ,
- wretched ,
- write out ,
- xerotes ,
- yield ,
- yielding .
- Abstaining ,
- Abstinency ,
- Desistance ,
- Desisting ,
- Disusage ,
- Eremitism ,
- Monachism ,
- Nephalism ,
- Obsoletism ,
- Refraining ,
- Refusing ,
- Renouncing ,
- Sabbatarianism ,
- abandonment ,
- abstainment ,
- abstention ,
- absticence ,
- abstinence from food ,
- anchoritic monasticism ,
- anchoritism ,
- banyan day ,
- birth control ,
- calm ,
- calmness ,
- chasteness ,
- cleanness ,
- clemency ,
- conservatism ,
- constraint ,
- continence ,
- continency ,
- cool ,
- cynicism ,
- desuetude ,
- diet ,
- discontinuance ,
- dispassion ,
- endurance ,
- eschewal ,
- evenness ,
- fast ,
- fasting ,
- flagellation ,
- forbearance ,
- fruitarianism ,
- gentleness ,
- giving up ,
- going without ,
- golden mean ,
- gravity ,
- gymnosophy ,
- happy medium ,
- hardship ,
- honor ,
- hunger strike ,
- impartiality ,
- inaction ,
- judiciousness ,
- keeping away from ,
- lenity ,
- maceration ,
- middle way ,
- mildness ,
- moderateness ,
- moderationism ,
- monasticism ,
- mortification ,
- neglect ,
- neutrality ,
- non-indulgence ,
- nonemployment ,
- noninterference ,
- nonintervention ,
- nonuse ,
- nonviolence ,
- obsolescence ,
- obsoleteness ,
- pacifism ,
- pardon ,
- passiveness ,
- patience ,
- pensioning off ,
- privation ,
- prohibition ,
- puritanism ,
- refusal ,
- relinquishment ,
- renunciation ,
- repose ,
- retirement ,
- rigor ,
- rigour ,
- self-abnegation ,
- self-control ,
- self-mortification ,
- self-restraint ,
- serenity ,
- solemnity ,
- stability ,
- starvation ,
- steadiness ,
- suffering ,
- superannuation ,
- suppression ,
- swearing off ,
- temperateness ,
- tranquillity ,
- vegetarianism ,
- via media ,
- virtue ,
- voluntary poverty ,
- withholding ,
- yoga .
- Refrainment ,
- abnegation ,
- ascetics ,
- astringencies ,
- astringency ,
- chastity ,
- forgoing ,
- going easy on ,
- immaculacy ,
- innocence ,
- living with ,
- longanimity ,
- maidenhood ,
- moderatism ,
- monogamy ,
- nixing ,
- patientness ,
- reasonableness ,
- self-deprivation ,
- sinlessness ,
- spotlessness ,
- uninebriation ,
- unintoxication ,
- virginity ,
- virtuousness .
How to use "Abstinence" in context?
Abstinence is the practice of not engaging in sexual activity. Sexual abstinence means abstaining from all types of sexual activity including kissing, touching, and sexual intercourse. Sexual abstinence is often part of religious beliefs or spiritual practices. There are many benefits to sexual abstinence, including increased sexual self-awareness, healthier relationships, and stronger self-reliance.
Paraphrases for Abstinence:
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Independent
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Noun, singular or mass
withdrawal.
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Noun, singular or mass
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Other Related
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Noun, singular or mass
abstention, forbearance, sobriety.
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Noun, singular or mass
Hyponym for Abstinence:
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