abstemiousness

Definitions of abstemiousness
  1. noun
    moderation in eating and drinking
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    type of:
    moderation, temperance
    the trait of avoiding excesses
  2. noun
    restricted to bare necessities
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    type of:
    exiguity, leanness, meagerness, meagreness, poorness, scantiness, scantness
    the quality of being meager
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