| Main Entry: | abstinence |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | restraint from desires, especially physical desires |
Synonyms: |
abnegation, abstaining, abstemiousness, asceticism, avoidance, chastity, continence, fasting, forbearance, frugality, moderation, refraining, renunciation, self-control, self-denial, self-restraint, soberness, sobriety, teetotalism, temperance |
Antonyms: |
drunkenness, excess, indulgence, intemperance, intoxication, revelry, self-indulgence |
| Main Entry: | abnegation |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | denial, renouncement of something |
Synonyms: |
abandonment, abstinence, eschewal, forbearance, giving up, nixing, refusal, rejection, relinquishment, renunciation, sacrifice, self-denial, stonewall, surrender, temperance |
Antonyms: |
acquiescence, admittance, surrender, yielding |
| Main Entry: | abstention |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | refraining |
Synonyms: |
abstaining, abstinence, avoidance, non-indulgence, self-control, self-denial, self-restraint, sobriety |
| Main Entry: | birth control |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | pregnancy prevention |
Synonyms: |
IUD, abortion, abstinence, birth prevention, conception prevention, condom, contraception, contraceptive, diaphragm, family planning, method of preventing pregnancy, pill, planned parenthood, rhythm method, rubber, safety*, tied tubes, vasectomy |
| Main Entry: | chastity |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | celibacy, purity |
Synonyms: |
abstemiousness, abstinence, chasteness, cleanness, continence, decency, demureness, devotion, honor, immaculacy, innocence, integrity, modesty, monogamy, morality, naiveté, restraint, singleness, sinlessness, spotlessness, temperance, uprightness, virginity, virtue |
Antonyms: |
dirtiness, fornication |
| Main Entry: | continence |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | self-restraint |
Synonyms: |
abstemiousness, abstinence, asceticism, celibacy, chastity, forbearance, moderation, refraining, self-control, sobriety, temperance, virtue |
| Main Entry: | fast |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | abstention from eating |
Synonyms: |
abstinence, diet, fasting, xerophagy |
Antonyms: |
eating, feast, gluttony, gorging, stuffing |
| Main Entry: | forbearance |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | resisting, avoidance |
Synonyms: |
abstinence, endurance, fortitude, going easy on, living with, longanimity, moderation, patience, patientness, refraining, resignation, restraint, self-control, temperance, tolerance |
Antonyms: |
continuation, indulgence, involvement, pursual, use |
| Main Entry: | restraint |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | self-control |
Synonyms: |
abstemiousness, abstinence, caution, coercion, command, compulsion, confines, constraint, control, coolness, curtailment, economy, forbearance, grip, hindrance, hold, inhibition, limitation, moderation, prevention, repression, reserve, restriction, secretiveness, self-denial, self-discipline, self-government, self-possession, self-restraint, silence, suppression, unnaturalness, withholding |
Antonyms: |
agitation, arousal, wildness |
| Main Entry: | virginity |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | celibacy, chastity |
Synonyms: |
abstinence, chasteness, cleanness, continence, honor, immaculacy, innocence, integrity, maidenhood, purity, restraint, sinlessness, spotlessness, virtue |