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   Ab·sti·nent

   /ˈabstənənt/

   

   adjective

   • 1. refraining from an activity or from the consumption of something, especially alcohol: "the patients are best advised to be totally abstinent from alcohol"

   Word Origin late Middle English: via Old French from Latin abstinent- ‘abstaining’, from the verb abstinere (see abstain).

   Derivatives

   • 1. abstinently adverb

   Scrabble Points: 11

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