Abstinence: nf (word coming from the Latin abstinentia; to hold).
The word abstinence has several meanings:
1. Voluntary deprivation of certain foods (for example: meat) or drinks (alcohol), for a religious (fasting) or medical reason.
Abstinence on Friday (lean) or during Lent.
2. Literary meaning: sobriety, temperance.
Live in abstinence from all pleasures.
3. By euphemism: Continence; chastity....
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