abstinence
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"Abstinence is the safest option for heart health."
From Science Daily • May 15, 2026
Abstinence Spirits makes complex spirits from a variety of botanicals native to South Africa's Cape Floral Kingdom, where the company is based.
From Salon • Dec. 17, 2024
Roman Catholic bishops issued a Pastoral Statement on Penance and Abstinence, which did away with the rule against eating meat on Fridays outside of Lent.
From Washington Times • Nov. 18, 2018
Huber, who was suspended from her position at the Ohio Department of Health after a state ethics investigation in 2006, is founder of the National Abstinence Educators Association, which later became Ascend.
From The Guardian • Mar. 14, 2018
The Uniform Norm for Fast and Abstinence in the United States adopted by the Hierarchy, Nov. 14, 1951, establishes the following norm for these two meatless meals.
From Moral Theology A Complete Course Based on St. Thomas Aquinas and the Best Modern Authorities by Callan, Charles Jerome
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