abstinences
Acts of forgoing
Abstinences is the plural of abstinence, the practice of voluntarily refraining from something—typically alcohol, sex, or certain foods.
The plural appears when discussing multiple instances or types: religious abstinences from meat during Lent, the various abstinences required by the treatment program.
Deliberate food avoidance
- sobrietyUnimpaired mental state
- teetotalismTotal sobriety as principle
- veganismComplete animal product abstention
- vegetarianismAbstaining from flesh consumption
Lent · Ramadan · detox · cleanse · restriction · deprivation · renunciation · self-denial
Abstaining from intimate relations
- chastityAbstaining from sexual activity
- virginityAbsence of carnal experience
- purityUncontaminated quality
- monasticismCloistered religious living
vows · restraint · self-control · renunciation · singleness · denial · modesty · virtue
Deliberate food avoidance
- penanceSelf-mortification for wrongdoing
- LentChristian fasting season
- RamadanNinth Islamic month
- asceticismSevere self-denial practice
mortification · sacrifice · devotion · purification · austerity · monasticism · vows · renunciation
Unimpaired mental state
- recoveryRegaining what was lost
- detoxificationRemoving harmful substances internally
- withdrawalAct of taking away
- teetotalismTotal sobriety as principle
rehab · clean · dryness · twelve-step · relapse · sponsor · meetings · program
fasting
Deliberate food avoidance
- sobrietyUnimpaired mental state
- teetotalismTotal sobriety as principle
- veganismComplete animal product abstention
vegetarianism · Lent · Ramadan · detox · cleanse · restriction · deprivation · renunciation · self-denial · avoidance
celibacy
Abstaining from intimate relations
- chastityAbstaining from sexual activity
- virginityAbsence of carnal experience
- purityUncontaminated quality
monasticism · vows · restraint · self-control · renunciation · singleness · denial · modesty · virtue · waiting
fasting
Deliberate food avoidance
asceticism · mortification · sacrifice · devotion · purification · austerity · monasticism · vows · renunciation · self-denial
sobriety
Unimpaired mental state
- recoveryRegaining what was lost
- detoxificationRemoving harmful substances internally
- withdrawalAct of taking away
teetotalism · rehab · clean · dryness · twelve-step · relapse · sponsor · meetings · program · addiction
abstinencesindulgences
Excessive self-granted pleasures
indulgence · self-indulgence · self-indulgences · gratifications · self-gratification
abstinencesexcesses
Immoderate amounts or behaviors
overindulgences · binges · gluttony · gorging · overconsumption
abstinenceshedonism
Pursuit of gratification
sensualism · sybaritism · libertinism · pleasure-seeking · licentiousness
- alcohol abstinenceAvoiding intoxicating beverages entirely
- abstinence onlySex education prohibiting alternatives
- sexual abstinenceForgoing carnal relations voluntarily
- abstinence pledgePromise to forgo something
- abstinence programsInterventions promoting complete avoidance
- abstinence vowsPledges to refrain from something