Both Uses of
abstinence
in
The Count of Monte Cristo
- So many loathsome animals inhabited the prison, that their noise did not, in general, awake him; but whether abstinence had quickened his faculties, or whether the noise was really louder than usual, Edmond raised his head and listened.†
Chpt 15-16 *
- "In a word," said Mercedes, "it was a way of assuring me that his abstinence was intended."†
Chpt 69-70
Definition:
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(abstinence) choosing not to do something -- typically refraining from something such as alcohol or sex for self-benefit