Abstemiousness
71restraint — noun 1) a restraint on their impulsiveness Syn: constraint, check, control, restriction, limitation, curtailment; rein, bridle, brake, damper, impediment, obstacle 2) the protestors showed restraint Syn …
72self-control — noun I had more self control when I was younger Syn: self discipline, restraint, self possession, willpower, composure, coolness; moderation, temperance, abstemiousness; informal cool …
73self-denial — noun it took years of hard work and self denial Syn: self sacrifice, selflessness, unselfishness; self discipline, asceticism, self deprivation, abstemiousness, abstinence, abstention; moderation, temperance Ant: self indulgence …
74sobriety — noun 1) she noted his sobriety Syn: soberness, clearheadedness; abstinence, teetotalism, nonindulgence, abstemiousness, temperance 2) the mayor is a model of sobriety Syn: seriousness, solemnity, gravity, gravitas …
75thrift — noun she learned her sense of thrift from her mother Syn: frugality, economy, economizing, thriftiness, providence, prudence, good management, good husbandry, saving, scrimping and saving, abstemiousness; parsimony, penny pinching, austerity Ant …
76abnegation — self abnegation, *renunciation, self denial Analogous words: forgoing, forbearance, eschewal (see corresponding verbs at FORGO): abstinence, abstemiousness, continence, *temperance: restraining, curbing, bridling (see RESTRAIN) Antonyms:… …
77abstemious — see under abstemiousness at TEMPERANCE …
78abstinence — *temperance, continence, abstemiousness, sobriety Analogous words: forbearance, refrainment (see corresponding verbs at REFRAIN): forgoing, eschewal, abnegation (see corresponding verbs at FORGO): *renunciation, self denial, self abnegation… …
79continence — *temperance, abstemiousness, sobriety, abstinence Analogous words: chasteness or chastity, purity (see corresponding adjectives at CHASTE): moderateness or moderation, tem perateness (see corresponding adjectives at MODERATE) Antonyms:… …
80lean — vb *slant, slope, incline Analogous words: bend, *curve: *turn, deflect, divert, sheer lean adj Lean, spare, lank, lanky, gaunt, rawboned, angular, scrawny, skinny mean thin because of absence of super fluous flesh. Lean stresses the lack of fat… …
