abstinence
noun
[ ˈabstɪnəns ]
• the practice of restraining oneself from indulging in something, typically alcohol or sex.
• "I started drinking again after six years of abstinence"
Similar:
teetotalism,
temperance,
sobriety,
abstemiousness,
abstention,
nephalism,
celibacy,
chastity,
singleness,
continence,
virginity,
bachelorhood,
spinsterhood,
self-restraint,
self-denial,
refraining,
desisting,
holding back,
forbearing,
keeping,
withholding,
renunciation of,
refusal of,
declining,
avoidance of,
eschewal of,
abjuration of,
shunning,
forgoing,
going without,
doing without,
Origin:
Middle English: from Old French, from Latin abstinentia, from the verb abstinere (see abstain).
