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Meanings of abstinence in inglés

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абстиненция
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Self-enforced restraint from indulging in bodily activities.

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          astinenza
          portugués
          abstinência
          catalán
          abstenció
          español
          abstención

          The trait of abstaining (especially from alcohol)

                abstención

                Draft evasion.

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                      Usage of abstinence in inglés
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                      If people wish to choose the path of abstinence, well and good.
                      The Irish Times
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                      However, due to any potential absence or abstinence, that number could dwindle.
                      The South African
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                      You have only ever been exposed to one idea, one approach: abstinence.
                      The Guardian
                      4
                      And in knowledge, abstinence: and in abstinence, patience: and in patience, godliness:
                      The Bible, Douay-Rheims, New Testament
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                      Results: Continuous abstinence rates were approximately doubled by precessation nicotine patch treatment.
                      Pubmed
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                      The church is perfectly right in urging total abstinence upon the individual.
                      Civics and Health
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                      His abstinence might actually prove a turning point for me … eventually.
                      The Guardian
                      8
                      These long periods of abstinence will feature for the next 10 years.
                      The Guardian
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                      The quantity of the gastric juice diminishes with the duration of abstinence.
                      Personal Narrative of Travels to the Equinoctial Regions of Amer...
                      10
                      An inability to maintain abstinence is a key indicator of tobacco dependence.
                      Pubmed
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                      Miles attended the meeting, and, according to promise, signed the total-abstinence pledge.
                      Blue Lights: Hot Work in the Soudan
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                      Education on the matter, and exhortation to personal abstinence, must be continued.
                      Problems of Conduct: An Introductory Survey of Ethics
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                      As a general thing, fasting and abstinence are bad teachers of moderation.
                      What is Property? An Inquiry into the Principle of Right and of ...
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                      Surgery is not a substitute for abstinence; it is to enforce abstinence.
                      Ringworld
                      15
                      Objection 1: It would seem that abstinence is not a special virtue.
                      Summa Theologica, Part II-II (Secunda Secundae) / Translated by ...
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                      However, the concept of abstinence failure rates has not been adequately operationalized.
                      Pubmed
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                      Abstinence through the time
                      Abstinence across language varieties
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