[
UK
/ˈæbstɪnənt/
]
[ US /ˈæbstənənt/ ]
[ US /ˈæbstənənt/ ]
ADJECTIVE
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self-restraining; not indulging an appetite especially for food or drink
not totally abstinent but abstemious
NOUN
- a person who refrains from drinking intoxicating beverages
How To Use abstinent In A Sentence
- New research suggested that some alcohol-dependent people could successfully return to normal drinking, instead of having to choose between remaining abstinent, or losing it completely.
- ‘It is very hard to keep abstinent without support,’ said Carter.
- not totally abstinent but abstemious
- Cognitive performance in long-term abstinent alcoholic individuals. Psychology Today
- They were about one and a half times more likely to be abstinent from marijuana, alcohol, and other drug use in the year after treatment.
- I cut right down (ie. largely abstinent except for the odd lapse) a few months ago.
- There's nothing worse than being abstinent because you're due to play soon.
- Disciplined, introverted, abstinent, he achieved both aims, becoming a judo champion and, after law school, KGB recruit.
- Naltrexone seems to interfere with the craving for alcohol that abstinent people feel, Gordis explained.
- Objective:To understand whether or not biofeedback therapy(BT) and cue-exposure therapy (CET) could decrease craving and heroin-related cue reactivity in abstinent heroin dependents.