abstemiousness
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ab·ste·mi·ous
(ăb-stē′mē-əs, əb-)adj.
1. Eating and drinking in moderation.
2. Characterized by abstinence or moderation: an abstemious way of life.
[From Latin abstēmius : abs-, ab-, away; see ab-1 + *tēmum, liquor, variant of tēmētum.]
ab·ste′mi·ous·ly adv.
ab·ste′mi·ous·ness n.
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Noun | 1. | abstemiousness - restricted to bare necessities exiguity, leanness, meagerness, meagreness, scantiness, scantness, poorness - the quality of being meager; "an exiguity of cloth that would only allow of miniature capes"-George Eliot |
2. | abstemiousness - moderation in eating and drinking temperance, moderation - the trait of avoiding excesses |
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abstemiousness
noun temperance, restraint, austerity, moderation, plain or simple living, self-control, abstinence, self-discipline, sobriety, continence, self-denial, self-restraint, forbearance, asceticism, frugality self-discipline, abstemiousness and family values
excess, drunkenness, self-indulgence, incontinence, gluttony, dissipation
excess, drunkenness, self-indulgence, incontinence, gluttony, dissipation
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Translations
إعْتِدَال فِي الطَعَّام
střídmost
afholdenhedmådehold
hófsemi
striedmosť
az yiyip az içme
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abstemiousness
n (of person, life) → Enthaltsamkeit f; (of meal, diet) → Bescheidenheit f
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abstemious
(əbˈstiːmiəs) adjective taking little food, drink etc. She was being very abstemious as she was trying to lose weight; an abstemious young man.
abˈstemiously adverbabˈstemiousness noun
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