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abstemiousness

N ความ พอประมา ณ (อาหารการกิน  เหล้า  kwam-por-pra-marn

 

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

ABSTEMIOUSNESS

n.The quality of being temperate or sparing in the use of food and strong drinks. This word expresses a greater degree of abstinence than temperance.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

ABSTEMIOUSNESS

ABSTEMIOUSNESS Ab *ste "mi *ous *ness, n.

 

Defn: The quality of being abstemious, temperate, or sparing in the use of food and strong drinks. It expresses a greater degree of abstinence than temperance.

 

Oxford Thesaurus

abstemiousness

abstemiousness noun the traditional belief in the virtues of abstemiousness: temperance, abstinence, austerity, moderation, plain /simple living, self-discipline, self-denial, renunciation, restraint, self-restraint, self-deprivation, sobriety, asceticism, puritanism, severity, self-abnegation, continence. ANTONYMS self-indulgence, intemperance.

 

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