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Definition/Meaning

(noun)

the action of avoiding or abstaining from something, especially when preventing oneself from indulging;

e.g. Her abstention from sugary foods has made her crave cake.

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Similar Words

Abnegation

Abstinence

Asceticism

Austerity

Avoidance

Constraint

Control

Discipline

Forbearance

Frugality

Mortification

Rationality

Restraint

Sacrifice

Self-command

Self-control

Self-denial

Self-discipline

Self-mastery

Sensibility

Sobriety

Teetotalism

Temperance

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Opposite Words

Excess

Extremism

Extremity

Immoderacy

Intemperance

Superfluity

Unconstraint

Unrestraint

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Related Words

Continence

Restraint

Self-command

Self-control

Self-discipline

Self-government

Self-mastery

Self-possession

Self-restraint

Temperance

Will

Willpower

Would

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