'abstention' definitions:
Definition of 'abstention'
From: WordNet
noun
The trait of abstaining (especially from alcohol) [syn: abstinence, abstention]
Synonyms of 'abstention'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- abstainment,
- abstemiousness,
- abstinence,
- anythingarianism,
- asceticism,
- avoidance,
- banyan day,
- celibacy,
- chastity,
- continence,
- cop-out,
- desuetude,
- disuse,
- Encratism,
- eschewal,
- evasion,
- fast,
- fence-sitting,
- fish day,
- Friday,
- fruitarianism,
- gymnosophy,
- impartiality,
- independence,
- Lenten fare,
- mugwumpery,
- mugwumpism,
- nephalism,
- neutralism,
- neutrality,
- nonalignment,
- noncommitment,
- nonemployment,
- noninvolvement,
- nonpartisanism,
- nonprevalence,
- nonuse,
- nothingarianism,
- obsolescence,
- obsoleteness,
- obsoletion,
- obsoletism,
- pensioning off,
- plain living,
- Pythagoreanism,
- Pythagorism,
- Rechabitism,
- refraining,
- refrainment,
- retirement,
- sexual abstinence,
- Shakerism,
- simple diet,
- spare diet,
- Spartan fare,
- Stoicism,
- strict neutrality,
- superannuation,
- teetotalism,
- the pledge,
- total abstinence,
- unprevalence,
- vegetarianism