abstainers
Those who refuse
Abstainers are people who refrain from something, especially alcohol.
The term usually appears in discussions of drinking habits, where abstainers are distinguished from moderate drinkers and heavy drinkers: Abstainers and heavy drinkers both showed higher mortality rates than moderate drinkers.
The word can apply to anyone who deliberately avoids a particular activity or substance.
Complete abstainer from liquor
- nondrinkerOne who abstains
- recoveryRegaining what was lost
- sobrietyUnimpaired mental state
- detoxificationRemoving harmful substances internally
clean · dry · twelve-step · AA · sponsor · sober-curious · relapse prevention · support group
One who renounces indulgence
- self-denialRestraining one's own desires
- self-restraintVoluntary impulse control
- self-disciplineRegulating one's own behavior
- willpowerMental strength resisting impulse
restraint · fasting · austerity · moderation · refraining · self-abnegation · continence · stoicism
Campaign against alcohol consumption
- Eighteenth AmendmentConstitutional alcohol ban
- WCTUTemperance advocacy abbreviation
- prohibitionistAdvocate against legal alcohol
- bootleggingIllegal alcohol production/sale
speakeasy · repeal · Twenty-first Amendment · teetotalism · pledge · crusade · saloon · demon rum
Foundational moral beliefs
- convictionFirmly held belief
- conscienceInternal moral sense
- integrityMoral soundness and consistency
- virtueMoral goodness or merit
ethics · scruples · rectitude · purity · morality · righteousness · commitment · steadfastness
Abstaining from intimate relations
- chastityAbstaining from sexual activity
- LentChristian fasting season
- RamadanNinth Islamic month
- halalPermitted under Islamic law
kosher · vow · piety · penance · sabbath · monk · nun · asceticism
One avoiding elections
- undecidedNot having chosen
- neutralNot favoring any side
- uncommittedNot bound to anything
- fence-sitterOne avoiding commitment
holdout · dissenter · conscientious objector · boycotter · opt-out · refusal · protest · withholding
teetotaler
Complete abstainer from liquor
- nondrinkerOne who abstains
- recoveryRegaining what was lost
- sobrietyUnimpaired mental state
detoxification · clean · dry · twelve-step · AA · sponsor · sober-curious · relapse prevention · support group · chip
ascetic
One who renounces indulgence
- self-denialRestraining one's own desires
- self-restraintVoluntary impulse control
- self-disciplineRegulating one's own behavior
willpower · restraint · fasting · austerity · moderation · refraining · self-abnegation · continence · stoicism · fortitude
temperance movement
Campaign against alcohol consumption
- Eighteenth AmendmentConstitutional alcohol ban
- WCTUTemperance advocacy abbreviation
- prohibitionistAdvocate against legal alcohol
bootlegging · speakeasy · repeal · Twenty-first Amendment · teetotalism · pledge · crusade · saloon · demon rum · drys
principles
Foundational moral beliefs
- convictionFirmly held belief
- conscienceInternal moral sense
- integrityMoral soundness and consistency
virtue · ethics · scruples · rectitude · purity · morality · righteousness · commitment · steadfastness · decency
celibacy
Abstaining from intimate relations
halal · kosher · vow · piety · penance · sabbath · monk · nun · asceticism · observant
nonvoter
One avoiding elections
- undecidedNot having chosen
- neutralNot favoring any side
- uncommittedNot bound to anything
fence-sitter · holdout · dissenter · conscientious objector · boycotter · opt-out · refusal · protest · withholding · non-participation
- asceticsascetic, ascetics, hermit, hermits, recluse
- nondrinkersteetotalers, teetotaler, nondrinker, non-drinker, recovering alcoholic
- reformersreformers, reformer, social reformers, social reformer, political reformer
- inactive status
abstainersvoters
Those who cast ballots
participants · joiners · contributors · activists · deciders
abstainersaddicts
People with compulsions
alcoholics · drunkards · heavy drinkers · binge drinkers · chain smokers