LekhoriLekhoriRefraining from indulgence, especially from the indulgence of appetite.
Be abstinent; shew not the corruption of thy generation: he that feeds shall die
One who abstains; a faster.
Alternative letter-case form of Abstinent.
One of a Christian sect that appeared in France and Spain in the 3rd century, and practised abstinence from meat and sex.
First attested in the late 14th century as Middle English abstinent, abstynent, from Old French abstinent, from Latin abstinēns, present participle of abstineō. See abstain.
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