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the trait of abstaining (especially from alcohol) act or practice of refraining from indulging an appetite
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consider a concept without thinking of a specific example; consider abstractly or theoretically pilfer: make off with belongings of others existing only in the mind; separated from embodiment; "abstract words like `truth' and `justice'" abstraction: a concept or idea not associated with any specific instance; "he loved her only in the abstract--not in person" consider apart from a particular case or instance; "Let's abstract away from this particular example" not representing or imitating external reality or the objects of nature; "a large abstract painting" outline: a sketchy summary of the main points of an argument or theory give an abstract (of) dealing with a subject in the abstract without practical purpose or intention; "abstract reasoning"; "abstract science"
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a concept or idea not associated with any specific instance; "he loved her only in the abstract--not in person" the act of withdrawing or removing something the process of formulating general concepts by abstracting common properties of instances an abstract painting abstractedness: preoccupation with something to the exclusion of all else a general concept formed by extracting common features from specific examples
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| abstinent |
abstainer: a person who refrains from drinking intoxicating beverages self-restraining; not indulging an appetite especially for food or drink; "not totally abstinent but abstemious"
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