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Total abstinence
(gcide) | Total \To"tal\, a. [F., fr. LL. totalis, fr. L. tolus all,whole.
Cf. Factotum, Surtout, Teetotum.]
Whole; not divided; entire; full; complete; absolute; as, a
total departure from the evidence; a total loss. " Total
darkness." "To undergo myself the total crime." --Milton.
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Total abstinence. See Abstinence, n., 1.
Total depravity. (Theol.) See Original sin, under
Original.
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Syn: Whole; entire; complete. See Whole.
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total abstinence
(gcide) | Abstinence \Ab"sti*nence\, n. [F. abstinence, L. abstinentia,
fr. abstinere. See Abstain.]
1. The act or practice of abstaining; voluntary forbearance
of any action, especially the refraining from an
indulgence of appetite, or from customary gratifications
of animal or sensual propensities. Specifically, the
practice of abstaining from intoxicating beverages, --
called also total abstinence.
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The abstinence from a present pleasure that offers
itself is a pain, nay, oftentimes, a very great one.
--Locke.
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2. The practice of self-denial by depriving one's self of
certain kinds of food or drink, especially of meat.
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Penance, fasts, and abstinence,
To punish bodies for the soul's offense. --Dryden.
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total abstinence
(gcide) | Total \To"tal\, a. [F., fr. LL. totalis, fr. L. tolus all,whole.
Cf. Factotum, Surtout, Teetotum.]
Whole; not divided; entire; full; complete; absolute; as, a
total departure from the evidence; a total loss. " Total
darkness." "To undergo myself the total crime." --Milton.
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Total abstinence. See Abstinence, n., 1.
Total depravity. (Theol.) See Original sin, under
Original.
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Syn: Whole; entire; complete. See Whole.
[1913 Webster]Abstinence \Ab"sti*nence\, n. [F. abstinence, L. abstinentia,
fr. abstinere. See Abstain.]
1. The act or practice of abstaining; voluntary forbearance
of any action, especially the refraining from an
indulgence of appetite, or from customary gratifications
of animal or sensual propensities. Specifically, the
practice of abstaining from intoxicating beverages, --
called also total abstinence.
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The abstinence from a present pleasure that offers
itself is a pain, nay, oftentimes, a very great one.
--Locke.
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2. The practice of self-denial by depriving one's self of
certain kinds of food or drink, especially of meat.
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Penance, fasts, and abstinence,
To punish bodies for the soul's offense. --Dryden.
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