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Abstinence vs Refraining - What's the difference?

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Abstinence is a related term of refraining.


As nouns the difference between abstinence and refraining

is that abstinence is the act or practice of abstaining, refraining from indulging a desire or appetite while refraining is the act of one who refrains from doing something.

As a verb refraining is

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abstinence

English

(wikipedia abstinence)

Alternative forms

* abstinency

Noun

(-)
  • The act or practice of abstaining, refraining from indulging a desire or appetite.
    • Penance, fasts, and abstinence , / To punish bodies for the soul's offense. -
    The abstinence from a present pleasure that offers itself is a pain, nay, oftentimes, a very great one. —
    Complete abstinence is easier than perfect moderation. —
  • # Specifically, the practice of abstaining from intoxicating/alcoholic beverages; total abstinence; teetotalism).
  • # Specifically, the practice of abstaining from sexual intercourse, either permanently or until marriage.
  • # (ecclesiastical) Abstention from certain foods on days of penitential observance.
  • The practice of self-denial; self-restraint; forebearance from anything.
  • (obsolete) Self-denial; abstaining; or forebearance of anything.
  • (business) Delay of spending to accrue capital.

    • See also

    * abstention * continence * asexual

    References

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    refraining

    English

    Verb

    (head)

    • Noun

    (en noun)
  • The act of one who refrains from doing something.
  • * 2005 , Daniel J. Hill, Divinity and Maximal Greatness (page 220)
    • Their refrainings from evil are members of at least one active causal chain