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abstinens.

abstinence (the act or practice of abstaining, refraining from indulging a desire or appetite)

9 characters3 syllables approx.Norsk bokmål language

Meaning & usage

noun/abstɪˈnɛns//apstɪˈnɛns/
  1. abstinence (the act or practice of abstaining, refraining from indulging a desire or appetite)

    masculine
  2. abstinence (the act or practice of abstaining, refraining from indulging a desire or appetite) specifically, the practice of abstaining from intoxicating/alcoholic beverages; teetotalism

    masculine
  3. abstinence (the act or practice of abstaining, refraining from indulging a desire or appetite) specifically, the practice of abstaining from drugs and narcotic substances, as well as tobacco

    masculine
  4. abstinence (the act or practice of abstaining, refraining from indulging a desire or appetite) abstention from certain foods on days of penitential observance

    masculine
  5. withdrawal (a type of metabolic shock the body undergoes when a substance, usually a toxin such as heroin, to which a patient is dependent is withheld)

    masculine
  6. withdrawal symptoms in a humorous sense or the feeling of longing for something one is used to doing

    colloquial · humorous · masculine
Where this word comes from

From Latin abstinentia (“abstinence, self-restraint; fasting”), from abstinēns (“abstraining, abstinent”), present participle of abstineō (“to withhold”).

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