abstinent
pronunciation
How to pronounce abstinent in British English:
UK [ˈæbstɪnənt]
How to pronounce abstinent in American English:
US [ˈæbstɪnənt]
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- Noun:
- a person who refrains from drinking intoxicating beverages
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- Adjective:
- self-restraining; not indulging an appetite especially for food or drink
Word Origin
- abstinent (adj.)
- late 14c., from Old French abstinent (earlier astenant) "moderate, abstemious, modest," from Latin abstinentem (nominative abstinens) "temperate, moderate," present participle of abstinere "to refrain from" (see abstain).
Example
- 1. Alternate therapy ; drug addiction abstinent ; community treatment mode .
- 2. Some people are able to remain sexually abstinent and thus escape all risks .
- 3. The little-known fact is , every abstinent teen gets her own unicorn as her bff .
- 4. Who wants to be abstinent ?
- 5. By assess the implementation of the effectiveness of alternate therapy and analysis of cases the loss of the causes , we can improve the services quality of drug addiction abstinent alternate therapy , improve the retention rate of cases , then reduced medicine related drug-related crime and health problem .