Found 2 items, similar to abstinent.
English → English (WordNet)
Definition: abstinent
abstinent
adj : self-restraining; not indulging an appetite especially for
food or drink;
“not totally abstinent but abstemious”
[syn:
abstentious]
n : a person who refrains from drinking intoxicating beverages
[syn:
abstainer,
nondrinker] [ant:
drinker]
English → English (gcide)
Definition: Abstinent
Abstinent
\Ab"sti*nent\, a. [F. abstinent, L. abstinens, p. pr.
of abstinere. See
Abstain.]
Refraining from indulgence, especially from the indulgence of
appetite; abstemious; continent; temperate. --Beau. & Fl.
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Abstinent
\Ab"sti*nent\, n.
1. One who abstains.
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2. (Eccl. Hist.) One of a sect who appeared in France and
Spain in the 3d century.
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