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abstainment

abstainment noun: an act of abstaining; an abstention.

Noun

abstainment (plural abstainments)

  1. (rare) An act of abstaining; an abstention.
    • Criminality consists in the Intention; and the mere abstainment therefrom, through motives of hope or fear, is not Innocence; but Prudence […]1871, Edward Nichols Dennys, The alpha, or First principle of the human mind, page 227
    • It is the custom in the household of Atonement Day fasters of the old school to begin the evening meal, after the twenty-four hours of abstainment, with coffee and freshly baked coffee cake of every variety.1917, Edna Ferber, Fanny herself

Forms of abstainment

pluralabstainments

Origin of abstainment

From abstain + -ment.

Questions about abstainment

What does abstainment mean?
Abstainment means an act of abstaining; an abstention.
What part of speech is abstainment?
Abstainment is a noun.
What is the plural of abstainment?
The plural of abstainment is abstainments.

Words near abstainment in the dictionary

  1. abstainer
  2. abstainers
  3. abstainest
  4. abstaineth
  5. abstaining
  6. abstainment
  7. abstainments
  8. abstains
  9. abstand
  10. abstemious
  11. abstemiously

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