ABSTINENT

abstinent, abstentious

(adjective) self-restraining; not indulging an appetite especially for food or drink; “not totally abstinent but abstemious”

abstainer, abstinent, nondrinker

(noun) a person who refrains from drinking intoxicating beverages

Source: WordNet® 3.1

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Etymology 1

Adjective

abstinent (comparative more abstinent, superlative most abstinent)

Refraining from indulgence, especially from the indulgence of appetite. [First attested around 1350 to 1470.]

Synonyms: abstemious, continent, temperate

Synonyms

• See also moderate

Etymology 2

Noun

abstinent (plural abstinents)

One who abstains; a faster. [First attested around 1350 to 1470.]

(usually, capitalized, religion, historical) One of a sect who appeared in France and Spain in the 3rd century, and believed in abstinence towards meat and sex.

Etymology

Noun

Abstinent (plural Abstinents)

(religion, historical) One of a religious sect that appeared in France and Spain in the 3rd century, and practised abstinence from meat and sex.

Source: Wiktionary

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Ab"sti*nent, a. Etym: [F. abstinent, L. abstinens, p. pr. of abstinere. See Abstain.]

Definition: Refraining from indulgence, especially from the indulgence of appetite; abstemious; continent; temperate. Beau. & Fl.

Ab"sti*nent, n.

1. One who abstains.

2. (Eccl. Hist.)

Definition: One of a sect who appeared in France and Spain in the 3d century.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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