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On :: On (prep.) At or in the time of; during; as, on Sunday we abstain from labor. See At (synonym)..

Fast :: Fast (v. i.) To abstain from food; to omit to take nourishment in whole or in part; to go hungry.

Refrain :: Refrain (v. t.) To abstain fro.

Fast :: Fast (v. i.) To practice abstinence as a religious exercise or duty; to abstain from food voluntarily for a time, for the mortification of the body or appetites, or as a token of grief, or humiliation and penitence..

Leave :: Leave (v.) To cease from; to desist from; to abstain from.

Abstain :: Abstain (v. t.) To hinder; to withhold.

Rechabite :: Rechabite (n.) One of the descendants of Jonadab, the son of Rechab, all of whom by his injunction abstained from the use of intoxicating drinks and even from planting the vine. Jer. xxxv. 2-19. Also, in modern times, a member of a certain society of abstainers from alcoholic liquors..

Abstemious :: Abstemious (a.) Abstaining from wine.

Dehort :: Dehort (v. t.) To urge to abstain or refrain; to dissuade.

Abstainer :: Abstainer (n.) One who abstains; esp., one who abstains from the use of intoxicating liquors..

Forbear :: Forbear (v. t.) To keep away from; to avoid; to abstain from; to give up; as, to forbear the use of a word of doubdtful propriety..

Nazarite :: Nazarite (n.) A Jew bound by a vow to lave the hair uncut, to abstain from wine and strong drink, and to practice extraordinary purity of life and devotion, the obligation being for life, or for a certain time. The word is also used adjectively..

Avoid :: Avoid (a.) To keep away from; to keep clear of; to endeavor no to meet; to shun; to abstain from; as, to avoid the company of gamesters..

Abstention :: Abstention (a.) The act of abstaining; a holding aloof.

Abstinent :: Abstinent (n.) One who abstains.

Encratite :: Encratite (n.) One of a sect in the 2d century who abstained from marriage, wine, and animal food; -- called also Continent..

Abstain :: Abstain (v. i.) To hold one's self aloof; to forbear or refrain voluntarily, and especially from an indulgence of the passions or appetites; -- with from..

Abstained :: Abstained (imp. & p. p.) of Abstai.

Abstaining :: Abstaining (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Abstai.

Faster :: Faster (n.) One who abstains from food.

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