Vocabulary : Absorptivity to Abstention

Absorptivity : Absorptiveness.
Absquatulate : To take one's self off; to decamp.
Absque hoc : The technical words of denial used in traversing what has been alleged, and is repeated.
Abstain : To hold one's self aloof; to forbear or refrain voluntarily, and especially from an indulgence of the passions or appetites; -- with from. ;; To hinder; to withhold.
Abstained : of Abstain

Abstainer : One who abstains; esp., one who abstains from the use of intoxicating liquors.
Abstaining : of Abstain
Abstemious : Abstaining from wine. ;; Sparing in diet; refraining from a free use of food and strong drinks; temperate; abstinent; sparing in the indulgence of the appetite or passions. ;; Sparingly used; used with temperance or moderation; as, an abstemious diet. ;; Marked by, or spent in, abstinence; as, an abstemious life. ;; Promotive of abstemiousness.
Abstemiousness : The quality of being abstemious, temperate, or sparing in the use of food and strong drinks. It expresses a greater degree of abstinence than temperance.
Abstention : The act of abstaining; a holding aloof.

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