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abstentious
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Adjective abstentious has 1 sense
- abstentious(s = adj.all) abstinent - self-restraining; not indulging an appetite especially for food or drink; "not totally abstinent but abstemious" Derived form noun abstention1
CIDE DICTIONARY
abstentious, a.
Characterized by abstinence; self-restraining. Farrar. [1913 Webster]
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