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ABSTINENCE (from Lat. abstinere, to abstain)

This article appears in Volume V01, Page 77 of the Encyclopedia Britannica.

Encyclopedia Britannica - Main :: A10-ADA
ABSTINENCE (from Lat. abstinere, to abstain) , the fact or habit of refraining from anything, but usually from the
indulgence
  of the appetite and especially from strong drink. "
Total
 
abstinence
 " and "
total
  abstainer" are associated with taking the pledge to abstain from alcoholic liquor (see TEMPERANCE). In the discipline of the
Christian
 
Church
 
abstinence
  is the
term
  for a less severe form of Fasting (q.v.).


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