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abstinence
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  • Abstinence, confession, communion, baptism, mass—take your pick—choose whatever combination pleases you and ignore the rest.†  (source)
  • Abstinence.†  (source)
  • Abstinence makes the heart grow fonder.†  (source)
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  • The Bush administration focused its AIDS prevention campaign on abstinence-only programs.†  (source)
    abstinence = choosing not to do something
  • Three small whiskies had gone to his head and Gallaher's strong cigar had confused his mind, for he was a delicate and abstinent person.†  (source)
    abstinent = characterized by choosing not to do something
  • Some, as thou sawest, by violent stroke shall die; By fire, flood, famine, by intemperance more In meats and drinks, which on the earth shall bring Diseases dire, of which a monstrous crew Before thee shall appear; that thou mayest know What misery the inabstinence of Eve Shall bring on Men.†  (source)
    inabstinence = not choosing to refrain from something
    standard prefix: The prefix "in-" in inabstinence means not and reverses the meaning of abstinence. This is the same pattern you see in words like invisible, incomplete, and insecure.
  • They may practice abstinence or birth control— other than slaughtering the newborn-until the entire band reaches an age where new blood will soon be needed.†  (source)
    abstinence = choosing not to do something
  • The devotee must be content To live, severely abstinent, On what the chance of fortune shows: The wood, my love, is full of woes.†  (source)
    abstinent = characterized by choosing not to do something
  • It is a non-sectarian program emphasizing the love of God and a personal relationship with Jesus Christ, and drug abstinence.†  (source)
    abstinence = choosing not to do something
  • He saw the fiend Márícha there With deerskin garb, and matted hair Coiled up in hermit guise, who spent His days by rule most abstinent.†  (source)
    abstinent = characterized by choosing not to do something
  • The school board has decided that "Merryweather High-Home of the Trojans" didn't send a strong abstinence message, so they have transformed us into the Blue Devils.†  (source)
    abstinence = choosing not to do something
  • As Shiftman writes: Chippers' smoking varies considerably from day to day, and their smoking patterns often include days of complete abstinence.†  (source)
  • She didn't seem like the woman who ripped the cable box out of the wall or lectured us for hours on the virtues of abstinence.†  (source)
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