abstention

nounrefraining

Synonyms for abstention

noun refraining

Antonyms for abstention

self-indulgence

Word Origin & History

1520s, from Middle French abstention (Old French astencion), from Late Latin abstentionem (nominative abstentio) "the act of retaining," noun of action from past participle stem of abstinere (see abstain).

Example Sentences for abstention

The week's end found him a little further in debt, in spite of abstention.

Then your whole service has been abstention from positive treachery for your own ends?

Their abstention was not noticed by their fellows in the excitement of the time.

Why should we try to make it appear that abstention from lying is a virtue?

Political liberty, however, has not only a meaning of abstention, but a meaning of participation.

He believed that she had a very sweet reason behind her abstention.

Their results, however, seemed sufficient reason for abstention.

And one might ask if the world would have been, or could have been, the worse for that abstention.

Dyck had not his father's abstention from the luxuries of life.

He makes a virtue of his abstention from ordinary pleasures.

abstention

Synonyms for abstention

Antonyms for abstention

quitclaim

relinquishment

renunciation

abstention

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Antonyms for abstention

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quitclaim

relinquishment

renunciation

Synonyms for abstention

celibacy