abstinence vows
Promises avoiding indulgence
Abstinence vows are formal promises to refrain from something, most commonly sexual activity or alcohol.
Religious celibacy vows fall under this category, as do pledges some young people make to abstain from sex until marriage: She took an abstinence vow at her church's purity ceremony.
The phrase also covers sobriety commitments in recovery contexts.
- celibacyAbstaining from intimate relations
- chastityAbstaining from sexual activity
- purityUncontaminated quality
- holy ordersSacrament conferring clergy status
- religious lifeLife devoted to faith
sobriety · no alcohol · dry January · fasting · oath · sworn oath · pledge · monastery · nun · monk · temperance · renunciation · devotion · sacrifice · restraint · self control · willpower · cold turkey
abstinence vowshedonism
Pursuit of gratification
indulgence · debauchery · licentiousness · intemperance · self-indulgence
abstinence vowspermission slips
Written parental authorization documents
carte blanche · free pass · sexual liberation · free love · no holds barred
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