abstemious
adjective
sparing or moderate in eating and drinking; temperate in diet.
abstemiousness
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a word derived from
abstemious.
Example Sentences
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You will make a vow of abstemiousness in food and drink.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 28, 2021
For a long time, she was convinced that producing her best work required a monkish commitment to abstemiousness and isolation.
From The New Yorker ● Jul. 2, 2018
At the end of December, in his WSJ column, McInerney published a list of 10 New Year’s resolutions, and this selective abstemiousness held a spot at No. 3.
From Slate ● May 5, 2012
Gilt's experience contrasts sharply with reports of post-quake spending abstemiousness.
From BusinessWeek ● Apr. 14, 2011
At the period to which we refer, the literary society of Edinburgh was by no means distinguished for its abstemiousness.
From Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland Volume 11 by John Mackay Wilson
