Abstentious: alternatives and connections

Abstaining from wine.

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Abstaining from wine.

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To hold one's self aloof; to forbear or refrain voluntarily, and especially from an indulgence of the passions or appetites; -- with from.

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To hold one's self aloof; to forbear or refrain voluntarily, and especially from an indulgence of the passions or appetites; -- with from.

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The act of abstaining; a holding aloof.

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The act of abstaining; a holding aloof.

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The act or practice of abstaining; voluntary forbearance of any action, especially the refraining from an indulgence of appetite, or from customary g…

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The act or practice of abstaining; voluntary forbearance of any action, especially the refraining from an indulgence of appetite, or from customary g…

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

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

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

Open English WordNet places these words in at least one shared synset. They share a lexicalised sense, but context, register and collocation should still be checked before substitution.