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fast
moving or able to move, operate, function, or take effect quickly; quick; swift; rapid: a fast horse; a fast pain reliever; a fast thinker. -
pancha sila
a standard recitation of Hinayanists, including repetitions of formulas and of vows to abstain from anger, lust, cowardice, malevolence, and to abstain from the desire for possessions and unwholesome pleasures. -
abstention
Abstention is a formal act of not voting either for or against a proposal. -
abstinence
Abstinence is the practice of abstaining from something such as alcoholic drink or sex, often for health or religious reasons. -
boycott
If a country, group, or person boycotts a country, organization, or activity, they refuse to be involved with it in any way because they disapprove of it. -
eschew
Deliberately avoid using; abstain from.