Abstemiousness
51temperance — Synonyms and related words: Rechabitism, abnegation, abstemiousness, abstinence, asceticism, austerity, calm, calmness, cardinal virtues, charity, conservatism, constraint, continence, control, cool, dispassion, eschewal, evenness, faith,… …
52vegetarianism — Synonyms and related words: Encratism, Friday, Lenten fare, Pythagoreanism, Pythagorism, Rechabitism, Shakerism, Spartan fare, Stoicism, abstainment, abstemiousness, abstention, abstinence, acid ash diet, allergy diet, appetite, asceticism,… …
53asceticism — (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) Extremism in self restraint Nouns 1. asceticism, puritanism, austerity; abstinence, abstemiousness; [self ]mortification, [self ]denial, maceration, sackcloth and ashes, hair shirt, flagellation; penance,… …
54purity — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) I n. refinement (see purity); sincerity, honesty; abstraction; simplicity. See probity, simpleness, innocence, virtue, cleanness.Ant., dishonesty. II Freedom from pollution Nouns …
55restraint — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) Act of holding back Nouns 1. restraint, inhibition, repression, discipline, control, check, curb, rein; limitation, restriction; prohibition; monopoly. See circumscription, limit, subjection, retention,… …
56self-denial — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. self sacrifice, abnegation, renunciation, asceticism. See unselfishness. II (Roget s IV) n. 1. [Abstemiousness] Syn. asceticism, selflessness, self sacrifice; see moderation 1 , restraint 1 ,… …
57abstinence — I (Roget s IV) n. Syn. abstaining, abstention, abstemiousness, temperance, forbearance, denial, self denial, self control, self restraint, continence, fasting, frugality, abnegation, renunciation, avoidance, sobriety, desistance, austerity,… …
58austerity — I (Roget s IV) n. Syn. sternness, severity, strictness, harshness, asperity, hardness, grimness, stiffness, seriousness, rigidity, uncompromisingness, formality, gravity, rigor, asceticism, self denial, self discipline, abstemiousness, puritanism …
59chastity — I (Roget s IV) n. Syn. innocence, purity, virtue, abstinence, celibacy, virtuousness, uprightness, honor, monogamy, faithfulness, fidelity, integrity, decency, delicacy, goodness, virginity, maidenhood, bachelorhood, unmarried state, demureness,… …
60Temperance — (Roget s Thesaurus) < N PARAG:Temperance >N GRP: N 1 Sgm: N 1 temperance temperance moderation sobriety soberness GRP: N 2 Sgm: N 2 forbearance forbearance abnegation Sgm: N 2 self denial self denial self restraint …
