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Abstemious - English Dictionary
 




1. Abstaining from wine.
2. Sparing in diet; refraining from a free use of food and strong drinks; temperate; abstinent; sparing in the indulgence of the appetite or passions.
3. Sparingly used; used with temperance or moderation; as, an abstemious diet.
4. Marked by, or spent in, abstinence; as, an abstemious life.
5. Promotive of abstemiousness.
6. sparing in consumption of especially food and drink; "the pleasures of the table, never of much consequence to one naturally abstemious"- John Galsworthy

Related words

abstemiousness abstinent ascetic gluttonous nonindulgent temperate



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