abstinence

The act or practice of abstaining, refraining from indulging a desire or appetite.

Near-synonyms: abstentiousness, abstemiousness

Penance, Faſts, and Abſtinence, / To puniſh Bodies for the Souls offence.

The act or practice of abstaining, refraining from indulging a desire or appetite.

The act or practice of abstaining, refraining from indulging a desire or appetite.

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The act or practice of abstaining, refraining from indulging a desire or appetite.

"The church teaching before Vatican II was that it was 'gravely sinful' to take 2 ounces of meat on a day of abstinence such as Friday," said the Rev. Joseph S. Rossi, a Jesuit professor of church history at Loyola College.

The practice of self-denial; self-restraint; forebearance from anything.