Found 2 hits - Term: total abstinence, Database: *, Strategy: prefix
- [1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
total \to"tal\, a. f., fr. ll. totalis, fr. l. tolus all,whole.
cf. factotum, surtout, teetotum.
whole; not divided; entire; full; complete; absolute; as, a
total departure from the evidence; a total loss. " total
darkness." "to undergo myself the total crime." --milton.
1913 webster
total abstinence. see abstinence, n., 1.
total depravity. theol. see original sin, under
original.
1913 webster
syn: whole; entire; complete. see whole.
1913 webster
see also:
factotum surtout teetotum total abstinence abstinence total depravity
original sin original whole
- [2] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
abstinence \ab"stinence\, n. f. abstinence, l. abstinentia,
fr. abstinere. see abstain.
1. the act or practice of abstaining; voluntary forbearance
of any action, especially the refraining from an
indulgence of appetite, or from customary gratifications
of animal or sensual propensities. specifically, the
practice of abstaining from intoxicating beverages, --
called also total abstinence.
1913 webster
the abstinence from a present pleasure that offers
itself is a pain, nay, oftentimes, a very great one.
--locke.
1913 webster
2. the practice of self-denial by depriving one's self of
certain kinds of food or drink, especially of meat.
1913 webster
penance, fasts, and abstinence,
to punish bodies for the soul's offense. --dryden.
1913 webster
see also:
abstain total abstinence
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