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| Main Entry: | abnegation |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | denial, renouncement of something |
| Synonyms: | abstinence, forbearance, giving up, refusal, rejection, renunciation, sacrifice, self-denial, stonewall*, surrender, temperance, abandonment, eschewal, nixing, relinquishment |
| Antonyms: | acquiescence, admittance, surrender, yielding |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | abstention |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | refraining |
| Synonyms: | abstinence, avoidance, self-control, self-denial, self-restraint, sobriety, abstaining, non-indulgence |
| Main Entry: | abstinence |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | restraint from desires, especially physical desires |
| Synonyms: | abnegation, abstemiousness, avoidance, chastity, continence, forbearance, frugality, moderation, renunciation, self-control, self-denial, self-restraint, sobriety, temperance, abstaining, asceticism, fasting, refraining, soberness, teetotalism |
| Antonyms: | drunkenness, excess, indulgence, intemperance, intoxication, revelry, self-indulgence |
| Main Entry: | renunciation |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | abandonment, rejection |
| Synonyms: | abnegation, abstention, cancellation, denial, disclaimer, forbearing, giving up, rebuff, refusal, remission, repeal, repudiation, resignation, sacrifice, self-denial, surrender, veto, waiver, yielding, abdication, abjuration, disavowal, eschewal, eschewing, forswearing, relinquishment, renouncement, self-abnegation, self-sacrifice, spurning |
| Antonyms: | allowance, approval, condonement |
| Main Entry: | temperance |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | self-restraint; abstinence |
| Synonyms: | abnegation, abstemiousness, austerity, conservatism, constraint, continence, control, discretion, forbearance, frugality, golden mean*, happy medium*, measure, moderation, mortification, prohibition, prudence, restraint, sacrifice, self-control, self-denial, sobriety, stoicism, asceticism, astringency, eschewal, forgoing, moderateness, moderatism, reasonableness, refrainment, self-deprivation, self-discipline, soberness, teetotalism, uninebriation, unintoxication |
| Antonyms: | excess, intemperance, wildness |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | abstemiousness |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | sobriety |
| Synonyms: | abstinence, ascetic, moderation, restraint, self-denial, temperateness |
| 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, self-denial, self-possession, self-restraint, silence, suppression, withholding, secretiveness, self-discipline, self-government, unnaturalness |
| Antonyms: | agitation, arousal, wildness |
| Main Entry: | austerity |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | refraining; abstinence |
| Synonyms: | abstemiousness, chastity, continence, determination, economy, prudence, puritanism, self-denial, sobriety, stoicism, temperance, asceticism, chasteness, self-discipline, strictness |
| Antonyms: | extravagance, indulgence, elaborateness, spending |
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