ABSTEMIOUS

abstemious

Adjective

  1. Sparing in diet; refraining from a free use of food and strong drinks; temperate; abstinent; sparing in the indulgence of the appetite or passions.
  2. Sparingly used; used with temperance or moderation. <ref name=SOED/>
  3. Marked by, or spent in, abstinence; as, an abstemious life.
  4. Promotive of abstemiousness.


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