All abstinence synonyms

noun abstinence

• abstention — Abstention is a formal act of not voting either for or against a proposal.
• frugality — the quality of being frugal, or prudent in saving; the lack of wastefulness: Many people who have lived through periods of economic deprivation develop lifelong habits of frugality and are almost never tempted by wasteful consumption.
• moderation — the quality of being moderate; restraint; avoidance of extremes or excesses; temperance.
• chastity — the state of being chaste; purity
• self-restraint — restraint imposed on one by oneself; self-control.
• fasting — to abstain from all food.
• temperance — moderation or self-restraint in action, statement, etc.; self-control.
• sobriety — the state or quality of being sober.
• continence — self-restraint; moderation
• soberness — not intoxicated or drunk.
• renunciation — an act or instance of relinquishing, abandoning, repudiating, or sacrificing something, as a right, title, person, or ambition: the king's renunciation of the throne.
• forbearance — the act of forbearing; a refraining from something.
• abnegation — a giving up of rights, etc.; self-denial; renunciation
• self-denial — the sacrifice of one's own desires; unselfishness.
• self-control — control or restraint of oneself or one's actions, feelings, etc.
• teetotalism — the principle or practice of total abstinence from intoxicating drink.
• avoidance — Avoidance of someone or something is the act of avoiding them.
• abstemiousness — sparing or moderate in eating and drinking; temperate in diet.
• asceticism — Asceticism is a simple, strict way of life with no luxuries or physical pleasures.
• abstaining — to hold oneself back voluntarily, especially from something regarded as improper or unhealthy (usually followed by from): to abstain from eating meat.
• refraining — to abstain from an impulse to say or do something (often followed by from): I refrained from telling him what I thought.
• self-discipline — discipline and training of oneself, usually for improvement: Acquiring the habit of promptness requires self-discipline.