Definition of abstinence

"abstinence" in the noun sense

1. abstinence, abstention

the trait of abstaining (especially from alcohol)

2. abstinence

act or practice of refraining from indulging an appetite

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Quotations for abstinence

Abstinence is approved of God. [ Chaucer ]

Abstinence is the surety of temperance. [ Plato ]

Too much is a vanity; enough is a feast. [ Quarles ]

Against diseases here the strongest fence.
Is the defensive virtue, abstinence. [ Herrick ]

Lean abstinence, pale grief, and haggard care,
The dire attendants of forlorn despair. [ Pattison ]

His life is paralleled
Even with the stroke and line of his great justice;
He doth with holy abstinence subdue
That in himself which he spurs on his power
To qualify in others. [ William Shakespeare ]

Abstaining is favorable both to the head and the pocket. [ Horace Greeley ]

Abstinence is the great strengthener and clearer of reason. [ South ]

Abstinence is many times very helpful to the end of religion. [ Tillotson ]

Abstinence is as easy to me as temperance would be difficult. [ Samuel Johnson ]

The more a man denies himself, the more shall he obtain from God. [ Horace ]

Use, do not abuse: neither abstinence nor excess ever renders man happy. [ Voltaire ]

Abstinence is whereby a man refraineth from anything which he may lawfully take. [ Elyot ]

Abstaining so as really to enjoy, is the epicurism, the very perfection, of reason. [ Rousseau ]

By forbearing to do what may innocently be done, we may add hourly new vigor to resolution. [ Dr. Johnson ]

The only way for a rich man to be healthy is, by exercise and abstinence, to live as if he was poor. [ Sir W. Temple ]

Never add artificial heat to thy body by wine or spice until thou findest that time hath decayed thy natural heat. [ Sir Walter Raleigh ]

A rich man cannot enjoy a sound mind nor a sound body without exercise and abstinence; and yet these are truly the worst ingredients of poverty. [ Lord Kames ]

To set the mind above the appetites is the end of abstinence, which one of the Fathers observes to be, not a virtue, but the groundwork of a virtue. [ Johnson ]

Adam knew no disease so long as temperance from the forbidden fruit secured him. Nature was his physician; and innocence and abstinence would have kept him healthful to immortality. [ South ]

Let there be an entire abstinence from intoxicating drinks throughout this country during the period of a single generation, and a mob would be as impossible as combustion without oxygen. [ Horace Mann ]

We read of a fountain in Arabia upon whose basin is inscribed, Drink, and away; but how delicious is that hasty draught, and how long and brightly the thought of its transient refreshment dwells in the memory. [ Tuckerman ]

abstinence in Scrabble®

The word abstinence is playable in Scrabble®, no blanks required. Because it is longer than 7 letters, you would have to play off an existing word or do it in several moves.

Scrabble® Letter Score: 14

Highest Scoring Scrabble® Plays In The Letters abstinence:

ABSTINENCE
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Seven Letter Word Alert: (14 words)

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abstinence in Words With Friends™

The word abstinence is playable in Words With Friends™, no blanks required. Because it is longer than 7 letters, you would have to play off an existing word or do it in several moves.

Words With Friends™ Letter Score: 18

Highest Scoring Words With Friends™ Play In The Letters abstinence:

ABSTINENCE
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Seven Letter Word Alert: (14 words)

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