abstemiousness
- 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
True, I’ve since made call at an hotel, but you don’t give me credit for my abstemiousness!
From Gwen Wynn A Romance of the Wye by Reid, Mayne
