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Another word for abstemious

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Adjective

  1. Exercising moderation and self-restraint in appetites and behavior

    See also:

    restraint

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Another word for abstemious

Modifier
  1. See also:

    moderate

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Sentence Examples

  • He went thoroughly into the practice as well as the theory of Stoicism, and lived so abstemious and laborious a life that he injured his health.

  • Abstemious in his habits, he possessed great physical endurance.

  • Browne was a man of abstemious habits, charitable disposition, and impressive eloquence.

  • You know me: I am busy from morning till night and abstemious, so of course I am well.

  • They are industrious and abstemious in their lives, and when living up to the standard of their faith they present one of the nearest approaches to the realization of the Christian ideal which have ever been attained.

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