Specifically, the practice of abstaining from intoxicating/alcoholic beverages; total abstinence; teetotalism).

plural of abstinence

With abstinence.

(rare) Alternative form of abstinence

Refraining from indulgence, especially from the indulgence of appetite.

One who abstains; a faster. / (usually capitalized, religion, historical) One of a sect who appeared in France and Spain in the 3rd century, and believed in abstinence from meat and sex.

plural of abstinent

plural of abstinency

plural of Abstinent

(religion, historical) One of a religious sect that appeared in France and Spain in the 3rd century, and practised abstinence from meat and sex.