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Entry 3 senses · 2 variants Webster, 1913

Abstinent

/ăb'-stən-ənt/ · Ab·sti·nent · IPA /ˈæb.stɪ.nn̩t/
01 a. Refraining from indulgence, especially from the indulgence of appetite; abstemious; continent; temperate.
  1. 1.
    Refraining from indulgence, especially from the indulgence of appetite; abstemious; continent; temperate.
02 n. One who abstains.
  1. 1.
    One who abstains.
  2. 2.
    One of a sect who appeared in France and Spain in the 3d century.(Eccl. Hist.)