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phraseabstain from
abstain from sth formal to not do something, especially something you want to do, usually because of health or religious reasons: Women are usually advised to abstain from alcohol during the early stages of pregnancy. Abstaining from sex is a sure way of avoiding this route of HIV infection.abstain from doing sth For a whole month, Muslims abstain from eating and drinking during daylight hours.
abstain fromTo refrain from consuming something or doing some activity. Katie wants to lose weight, so she has vowed to abstain from sugar. abstain from somethingto avoid some activity or the use of some substance, such as alcohol, drugs, sex, or food. They abstained from hard liquor and any other kind of intoxicants. abstain fromv. To have made a deliberate choice not to do something: I abstained from eating fatty foods when I was on my diet. The minister abstained from drinking alcohol. |