"abstinence" | Definition and Related Words

Noun

is a type of: self-denial, self-discipline - the trait of practicing self discipline

same as: abstention
is a type of: self-control, self-denial, self-discipline - the act of denying yourself; controlling your impulses
subtypes:
- celibacy, chastity, sexual abstention - abstaining from sexual relations (as because of religious vows)
- sobriety, temperance - abstaining from excess
- teetotaling, teetotalism - abstaining from alcohol
- fast, fasting - abstaining from food
- inhibition, suppression - (psychology) the conscious exclusion of unacceptable thoughts or desires
- sawm - the third pillar of Islam is fasting (primarily during the month of Ramadan); Muslims abstain from food and drink and gambling and all sensuous pleasures from sunrise to sunset during Ramadan