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Abstinence

Abstinence is the act or habit of refraining from some tempting activity, usually sex, but also other activities such as alcohol or food consumption. Therefore, see:

• addiction
• Alcoholics Anonymous
• GreySheeters Anonymous
• Rhythm method
• sexual abstinence
• sobriety
• teetotalism

• In the Roman Catholic Church abstinence is the term used for the complete avoidance of meat on Ash Wednesday and Good Friday. Compare fasting.

Compare: chastity, promiscuity

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