Abnegation vs Abstemious - What's the difference?
abnegation | abstemious |
A denial; a renunciation; denial of desire or self-interest.
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Sparing in diet; refraining from a free use of food and strong drinks; temperate; abstinent; sparing in the indulgence of the appetite or passions.
* Instances of longevity are chiefly among the abstemious - .
* Under his special eye Abstemious I grew up and thrived amain. -
* 1919 ,
Sparingly used; used with temperance or moderation.
* an abstemious diet -
Marked by, or spent in, abstinence; as, an abstemious life.
* One abstemious day. -
* 1826 , , Chapter 5
(rare) Promotive of abstemiousness.
* Such is the virtue of the abstemious well. -
* (English Citations of "abstemious")
As a noun abnegation
is selflessness, self-sacrifice.As an adjective abstemious is
sparing in diet; refraining from a free use of food and strong drinks; temperate; abstinent; sparing in the indulgence of the appetite or passions .abnegation
English
Noun
(en noun)Synonyms
* repudiation * denial * renunciationDerived terms
* self-abnegationReferences
abstemious
English
Adjective
(en adjective)- In the dimness of the landing I could not see him very well, but there was something in his voice that surprised me. I knew he was of abstemious habit or I should have thought he had been drinking.
- [...] when I, abstemious naturally, and rendered so by the fever that preyed on me, was forced to recruit myself with food.