Withdrawal vs Abstinence - What's the difference?
withdrawal | abstinence |
Receiving from someone's care what one has earlier entrusted to them. Usually refers to money.
A method of birth control which consists of removing the penis from the vagina before ejaculation.
A type of metabolic shock the body undergoes when a substance, usually a toxin such as heroin, to which a patient is addicted is withheld. Sometimes used with the substance as modifier
An act of withdrawing.
The act or practice of abstaining, refraining from indulging a desire or appetite.
# 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.
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As nouns the difference between withdrawal and abstinence
is that withdrawal is receiving from someone's care what one has earlier entrusted to them. Usually refers to money while abstinence is the act or practice of abstaining, refraining from indulging a desire or appetite.withdrawal
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(wikipedia withdrawal)Noun
(en noun)- heroin withdrawal
- nicotine withdrawal
abstinence
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(wikipedia abstinence)Alternative forms
* abstinencyNoun
(-)- 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. —
