Words similar to abstinence

Example sentences for: abstinence

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Abstinence can be even deadlier than monogamy.
Sometimes she becomes visible to the wayward husband who is out late, drinking, and when he approaches her, she turns into an ugly horse-faced hag, scaring him into swearing abstinence forever.
chastitee: chastity, abstinence from sexual intercourse
38 Goals for this treatment are articulated by the client and can include reduction as well as abstinence from alcohol.
That forms like sale-athon retain the a even after the base element's e demonstrates that the -athon of marathon , rather than the -ethon of telethon , is perceived as the primary form of the suffix, but the matter has not been completely settled: consider alcothon (which I hope was a test of abstinence rather than indulgence).