abstinence

Etymology
From, from , from , from , present participle of. Equivalent to.

Noun

 * 1) The act or practice of abstaining, refraining from indulging a desire or appetite.
 * 2) Specifically, the practice of abstaining from intoxicating/alcoholic beverages; total abstinence; teetotalism).
 * 3) Specifically, the practice of abstaining from sexual intercourse, either permanently or until marriage.
 * 4)  Abstention from certain foods on days of penitential observance.
 * 5)  The practice of self-denial; self-restraint; forebearance from anything.
 * 6)   Self-denial; abstaining; or forebearance of anything.
 * 7)  Delay of spending to accrue capital.
 * 1)  Abstention from certain foods on days of penitential observance.
 * 2)  The practice of self-denial; self-restraint; forebearance from anything.
 * 3)   Self-denial; abstaining; or forebearance of anything.
 * 4)  Delay of spending to accrue capital.
 * 1)  Delay of spending to accrue capital.

Translations

 * Bulgarian:
 * Catalan: abstinència
 * Dutch:
 * Esperanto: abstinado
 * Finnish: pidättyminen,
 * French:
 * German: ,
 * Greek:
 * Ido:
 * Interlingua: abstinentia
 * Irish: abstanaid
 * Italian: ,
 * Latin: abstinentia
 * Norwegian:
 * Bokmål: avhold, ,
 * Old English: sȳfernes
 * Polish: ,
 * Portuguese:
 * Romanian:
 * Russian:
 * Serbo-Croatian:, samoodricanje, , , ,
 * Spanish: ,
 * Swedish:
 * Tagalog: pangilin, ngilin


 * Bulgarian:
 * Dutch: alcoholonthouding, ,
 * Finnish:, täysraittius
 * French:
 * German:
 * Interlingua:
 * Irish: lánstaonadh
 * Italian:
 * Norwegian:
 * Bokmål: avhold, ,
 * Old English: sȳfernes
 * Polish:
 * Portuguese:
 * Russian:, ,
 * Spanish:
 * Swedish:


 * Dutch: ,
 * Finnish:
 * French:, abstinence sexuelle
 * German:
 * Italian:
 * Norwegian:
 * Bokmål: avhold,
 * Polish:
 * Portuguese: abstinência sexual
 * Russian: ,
 * Swedish: ,


 * Dutch:
 * Finnish: ,
 * French:
 * German:
 * Italian:
 * Norwegian:
 * Bokmål: avhold,
 * Portuguese:
 * Spanish:


 * Dutch:
 * Norwegian:
 * Bokmål:
 * Polish:

Etymology
, from, borrowed from.

Noun

 * 1)  act or practice of abstaining
 * 2)  specifically act or practice of abstaining from alcohol
 * 3)  specifically act or practice of abstaining from sexual relations

Etymology
From.

Noun

 * 1)  act or practice of abstaining

Etymology
Borrowed from, at least in this form (some of the variants may only be semi-learned); later modified to bring it in line with the Latin etymon.

Noun

 * 1)  act or practice of abstaining