What is another word for abstinence?
220 synonyms foundPronunciation:
[ ˈabstɪnəns], [ ˈabstɪnəns], [ ˈa_b_s_t_ɪ_n_ə_n_s]Table of Contents
Similar words for abstinence:- abnegation (noun)
- abstemiousness (noun)
- abstention (noun)
- act (noun)
- asceticism (noun)
- avoidance (noun)
- birth control (noun)
- celibacy (noun)
- chastity (noun)
- continence (noun)
- diet (noun)
- fast (noun)
- forbearance (noun)
- restraint (noun)
- restraint from desires, especially physical desires (noun)
- soberness (noun)
- sobriety (noun)
- temperance (noun)
- virginity (noun)
- other synonyms
- other relevant words
Synonyms for Abstinence:
n.
•abnegation (noun)- giving ups,
- nixings,
- sur render,
- sur-render,
- eschewals,
- selfdenial,
- self denial,
- sur-renders,
- sur renders.
- evasion,
- escape,
- flight,
- declination,
- shirking,
- retreat,
- circumvention,
- avoidance,
- elusion,
- disdain.
- contraception,
- conception prevention,
- diaphragm,
- birth prevention,
- Vasectomies,
- rubbers,
- method of preventing pregnancy,
- tied tubes,
- rhythm method,
- IUDs,
- vasectomy,
- Planned Parenthood,
- Diaphragms.
- spinsterhood,
- solitude,
- Loneness,
- intactness,
- Priestliness,
- Monkhood,
- bachelorhood,
- aloneness,
- purity,
- maidenhead.
- immaculacies,
- monogamies,
- up rightness,
- up-rightness,
- chastenesses,
- spotlessnesses,
- sinlessnesses,
- up-rightnesses,
- up rightnesses.
- diet.
- selfdeprivation,
- selfdeprivations,
- un-intoxications,
- un intoxication,
- self deprivations,
- un-inebriation,
- refrainments,
- un inebriation,
- moderatisms,
- reasonablenesses,
- un-inebriations,
- unintoxications,
- un inebriations,
- self-deprivations,
- uninebriations,
- un-intoxication,
- forgoings,
- self deprivation,
- un intoxications.
Other synonyms:
•Other relevant words:- cleanness,
- patience,
- solemnity,
- lenity,
- prohibition,
- anchoritism,
- Renouncing,
- serenity,
- maceration,
- discontinuance,
- passiveness,
- moderationism,
- Obsoletism,
- calm,
- yoga,
- Sabbatarianism,
- Disusage,
- neutrality,
- steadiness,
- abandonment,
- neglect,
- evenness,
- stability,
- repose,
- banyan day,
- cynicism,
- desuetude,
- happy medium,
- anchoritic monasticism,
- continency,
- noninterference,
- going without,
- Eremitism,
- nonuse,
- Abstinency,
- golden mean,
- inaction,
- relinquishment,
- privation,
- via media,
- self-control,
- Monachism,
- middle way,
- vegetarianism,
- self-abnegation,
- rigour,
- gentleness,
- suffering,
- continence,
- absticence,
- swearing off,
- mildness,
- Nephalism,
- pacifism,
- conservatism,
- pardon,
- self-restraint,
- voluntary poverty,
- retirement,
- abstainment,
- endurance,
- honor,
- judiciousness,
- giving up,
- Desisting,
- Abstaining,
- dispassion,
- fruitarianism,
- calmness,
- flagellation,
- superannuation,
- cool,
- Refusing,
- suppression,
- constraint,
- nonviolence,
- monasticism,
- nonemployment,
- nonintervention,
- gymnosophy,
- clemency,
- tranquillity,
- starvation,
- fasting,
- obsolescence,
- keeping away from,
- hardship,
- hunger strike,
- gravity,
- virtue,
- rigor,
- abstinence from food,
- impartiality,
- self-mortification,
- mortification,
- pensioning off,
- obsoleteness.
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Noun, singular or mass
withdrawal.
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Other Related
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Noun, singular or mass
abstention, sobriety, forbearance.
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Noun, singular or mass
Antonyms for Abstinence:
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restraint from desires, especially physical desires
intemperance, indulgence, drunkenness.
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Other antonyms:
licentiousness, sensuality, rapaciousness, Whoring, self-indulgence, greed, Wenching, rapacity, intoxication, voracity, wantonness, hedonism, excess, lechery, voraciousness, gluttony, Venery, revelry.
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restraint from desires, especially physical desires
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Hypernym for Abstinence:
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Hyponym for Abstinence:
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