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Abstemiousness

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ab·ste·mi·ous  (b-stm-s, b-)
adj.
1. Eating and drinking in moderation.
2. Characterized by abstinence or moderation: The hermit led an abstemious way of life.
[From Latin abstmius : abs-, ab-, away; see ab-1 + *tmum, liquor, variant of tmtum.]
ab·stemi·ous·ly adv.
ab·stemi·ous·ness n.
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Noun1.abstemiousness - restricted to bare necessities
exiguity, leanness, meagerness, meagreness, scantiness, scantness, poorness - the quality of being meager; "an exiguity of cloth that would only allow of miniature capes"-George Eliot
2.Abstemiousnessabstemiousness - moderation in eating and drinking    
temperance, moderation - the trait of avoiding excesses


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