Abstinence

Abstinence is the act or habit of refraining from some tempting activity, usually sex, but also other activities such as alcohol or food consumption. Therefore, see:

addiction
Alcoholics Anonymous
GreySheeters Anonymous
Rhythm method
sexual abstinence
sobriety
teetotalism
Straight_edge

In the Roman Catholic Church abstinence is the term used for the complete avoidance of meat on Ash Wednesday and Fridays during Lent. Compare fasting.

Compare: chastity, promiscuity

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