Abstaining

verb

verb ·3 syllables ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Verb

1
present participle and gerund of abstain form-of, gerund, participle, present

Synonyms

denial self-denial sober

Example

"Virtue consists, not in abstaining from vice, but in not desiring it."

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