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• On the wagon
• Refraining from alcohol
• Refraining from use
• It's a bent to get drunk around first of November, taking part in Go Sober for October?
• Showing self-restraint
• Not indulging appetite for food or drink
• Not drinking

WordNet Word definitions in WordNet
adj. self-restraining; not indulging an appetite especially for food or drink; "not totally abstinent but abstemious" [syn: abstentious ] n. a person who refrains from drinking intoxicating beverages [syn: abstainer , nondrinker ] [ant: drinker ]

Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
late 14c., from Old French abstinent (earlier astenant ) "moderate, abstemious, modest," from Latin abstinentem (nominative abstinens ) "temperate, moderate," present participle of abstinere "to refrain from" (see abstain ).

Wiktionary Word definitions in Wiktionary
Etymology 1 a. refraining from indulgence, especially from the indulgence of appetite; abstemious; continent; temperate. (First attested around 1350 to 1470.) (R:SOED5: page=10) Etymology 2 n. 1 One who abstains; a faster. (First attested around 1350 to ...