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Abstinence
"Abstinence" in a Sentence (16 examples)
The church teaches abstinence before marriage.
No one has the right to preach abstinence.
They advocate complete abstinence.
The General Court of Massachusetts followed the example of the English Parliament in 1659 when it enacted that ' anybody who is found observing, by abstinence from labor, feasting, or any other way, any such day as Christmas day, shall pay for every such offense five shillings.'
Religious fundamentalists prefer to advocate the teaching of abstinence instead of the teaching of safe sex.
Reagan advised sexual abstinence instead of methods of protection.
The president's five-year, $15 billion program to fight AIDS in Africa and the Caribbean is based on encouraging abstinence, fidelity, and the use of contraception.
Dr. Otto says a comprehensive approach of combining abstinence and condoms is crucial to preventing infections.
There has been more debate in Congress about the effectiveness of sexual abstinence versus use of condoms in the global fight against AIDS.
I don't see complete abstinence from drugs as an end in itself.
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Near-synonyms: abstentiousness, abstemiousness
Penance, Faſts, and Abſtinence, / To puniſh Bodies for the Souls offence.
The abstinence from a present pleasure that offers itself is a pain, nay, oftentimes, a very great one.
These five short films by San Francisco artist James Broughton, reveal to the viewer the artistic changes undergone by the artist during his 15-year abstinence from filmmaking.
Abstinence is the only 100% guaranteed contraception.
"The church teaching before Vatican II was that it was 'gravely sinful' to take 2 ounces of meat on a day of abstinence such as Friday," said the Rev. Joseph S. Rossi, a Jesuit professor of church history at Loyola College.
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