period of abstinence

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Ah, well, poor chap, he did give up golf on the first of August, if not forever at least for the longest period of abstinence in his career on the links.

From Penguin Persons & Peppermints by Eaton, Walter Prichard

As we ascertained by painful experience, a horse requires water at least once in twelve hours, and suffers greatly if that period of abstinence is exceeded.

From Explorations in Australia, Illustrated, by Forrest, John

I inquired why, after a long period of abstinence from butter, she ever returned to its use.

From Forty Years in the Wilderness of Pills and Powders Cogitations and Confessions of an Aged Physician by Alcott, William A. (William Andrus)

The period of abstinence should certainly extend from the beginning of menstruation to the fourteenth day.

From Plain Facts for Old and Young by Kellogg, John Harvey

It ends, in most cases, the long period of abstinence from rice, and many times terminates a period of actual hunger.

From The Manóbos of Mindanáo Memoirs of the National Academy of Sciences, Volume XXIII, First Memoir by Garvan, John M.