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ABSTEMIOUSNESS

Dictionary entry overview: What does abstemiousness mean?

• ABSTEMIOUSNESS (noun)
The noun ABSTEMIOUSNESS has 2 senses:

1. restricted to bare necessities
2. moderation in eating and drinking

Familiarity information: ABSTEMIOUSNESS used as a noun is rare.

Dictionary entry details

• ABSTEMIOUSNESS (noun)

Sense 1

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Meaning:

Restricted to bare necessities

Classified under:

Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects

Hypernyms ("abstemiousness" is a kind of...):

exiguity; leanness; meagerness; meagreness; poorness; scantiness; scantness (the quality of being meager)

Sense 2

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Meaning:

Moderation in eating and drinking

Classified under:

Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects

Hypernyms ("abstemiousness" is a kind of...):

moderation; temperance (the trait of avoiding excesses)

Attribute:

abstemious (sparing in consumption of especially food and drink)

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