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noun, feminine

abstinence

/ap.sti.nɑ̃s/

noun, feminine/ap.sti.nɑ̃s/plural: abstinences

abstinence (act or practice of abstaining); abstinence (specifically act or practice of abstaining from alcohol); abstinence (specifically act or practice of abstaining from sexual relations)

Inherited from Middle French abstinence, from Old French abstinence, borrowed from Latin abstinentia.