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Abstainer
//æbˈsteɪ.nɚ// noun
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Noun
- 1 One who abstains; especially, one who abstains from something, such as the use of alcohol or drugs, or one who abstains for religious reasons; one who practices self-denial.
"To one of my very nervous patients, who was an abstainer, whose fancy was fixed on his mother, and who repeatedly dreamed of climbing stairs accompanied by his mother, I once remarked that moderate masturbation would be less harmful to him than enforced abstinence."
- 2 a person who refrains from drinking intoxicating beverages wordnet
- 3 someone who practices self denial as a spiritual discipline wordnet
Etymology
From Middle English absteyner, equivalent to abstain + -er.
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