How to Use "abstinence" with Example Sentences

1. Many teenagers just snort at ' abstinence only ' messages .

2. When abstinence is the only choice , an ascetic frame of mind comes easy .

3. But the end to gruelling daylight abstinence and excessive night-time revelry is not the only relief .

4. What you really need to do to persuade your partner of the benefits of abstinence in relation to your love life is , of course , to have some fabulous sober sex .

5. Social conservatives have recently argued that " abstinence until marriage builds character and self-control . "

Nearby words

chastity abstemiousness refraining forbearing self-deprivation austerity asceticism self-abnegation refrainment restraint selfrestraint fasting forbearance from continence nonindulgence Purtanism desistance celibacy abstaining self-denial moderation abstention restraining

sobriety prohibition temperance teetotalism soberness

penuriousness penny-pinching conserving economy thrift miserliness parsimony economizing sparingness niggardliness parsimoniousness thriftiness saving frugalness careful management stinginess frugality husbandry cheapness conservation

declining renouncement refusal check resisting curtail repression renouncing checking suppression curbing self-control rejection curtailment avoidance giving eschewing shunning control suppressing with-holding resistance repressing curb rebuff controlling spurning renunciation up