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Nave Topical Bible
• Total Abstinence
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Thompson Chain Reference
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Dictionaries
American Church Dictionary
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Baker's Evangelical Dictionary
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Charles Buck Dictionary
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Fausset Bible Dictionary
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Holman Bible Dictionary
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Hastings' NT Dictionary
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King James Dictionary
• Abstinence
1910 New Catholic Dictionary
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• Abstinence, Law of
Hawker's Poor Man's Dictionary
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Vines' Expository Dictionary
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Webster Dictionary
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Watson's Theological Dictionary
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1911 Encyclopedia Britannica
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International Standard Bible Encyclopedia
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Kitto Biblical Cyclopedia
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McClintock and Strong's Bible Encyclopedia
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The Catholic Encyclopedia
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• Physical Effects of Abstinence
The Jewish Encyclopedia
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AB'STINENCE, n. L. abstinentia. See Abstain.

1. In general, the act or practice of voluntarily refraining from, or forbearing any action. "Abstinence from every thing which can be deemed labor.

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2. The refraining from an indulgence of appetite, or from customary gratifications of animal propensities. It denotes a total forbearance, as in fasting, or a forbearance of the usual quantity. In the latter sense, it may coincide with temperance, but in general, it denotes a more sparing use of enjoyments than temperance. Besides, abstinence implies previous free indulgence temperance does not.