Abstemiousness: alternatives and connections

Refraining from indulgence, especially from the indulgence of appetite; abstemious; continent; temperate.

The missionary who first plants the Christian faith in any part of the world; also, one who initiates any great moral reform, or first…

Temperance; attemperament.

Any person (clergyman or layman) chosen to conduct religious exercises for a society, etc.; as, a chaplain of a Masonic or a temperanc…

One who drinks; as, the effects of tea on the drinker; also, one who drinks spirituous liquors to excess; a drunkard.

One who habitually drinks strong liquors immoderately; one whose habit it is to get drunk; a toper; a sot.

capacity to produce strong physiological or chemical effects; "the toxin's potency"; "the strength of the drinks"

A time of fasting, whether a day, week, or longer time; a period of abstinence from food or certain kinds of food; as, an annual fast.

A knight who carried a banner, who possessed fiefs to a greater amount than the knight bachelor, and who was obliged to serve in war w…

Moderation; temperance.

Limited in quantity; sparing; temperate; frugal; as, moderate in eating or drinking; a moderate table.

In a greater quantity; in or to a greater extent or degree.

(computer science) the smallest discrete component of an image or picture on a CRT screen (usually a colored dot); "the greater the nu…

(computer science) the smallest discrete component of an image or picture on a CRT screen (usually a colored dot); "the greater the nu…

(computer science) the smallest discrete component of an image or picture on a CRT screen (usually a colored dot); "the greater the nu…

capacity to produce strong physiological or chemical effects; "the toxin's potency"; "the strength of the drinks"

As an auxiliary, shall indicates a duty or necessity whose obligation is derived from the person speaking; as, you shall go; he shall…

Spare; abstemious; frugal; as, a slender diet.