Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun One who abstains; specifically, one who abstains from the use of intoxicating liquors; a teetotaler.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun One who abstains; esp., one who abstains from the use of intoxicating liquors.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a person who refrains from drinking intoxicating beverages
- noun someone who practices self denial as a spiritual discipline
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Examples
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So...do you identify as an abstainer or a moderator?
Gretchen Rubin: Balanced Life -- Quiz: Are you a Moderator or an Abstainer, When Trying to Give Something Up? Gretchen Rubin 2011
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So...do you identify as an abstainer or a moderator?
Gretchen Rubin: Balanced Life -- Quiz: Are you a Moderator or an Abstainer, When Trying to Give Something Up? Gretchen Rubin 2011
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Re Lent, Bierce put it best: the abstainer is a weak person who yields to the temptation of denying himself a pleasure.
"I blog for the hell of it, to express myself, and to figure out the world as I go along, the best I can." Ann Althouse 2008
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As an abstainer, I often get disapproving comments like, "It's not healthy to take such a severe approach" or "It would be better to learn how to manage yourself" or "Can't you let yourself have a little fun?"
Gretchen Rubin: Balanced Life -- Quiz: Are you a Moderator or an Abstainer, When Trying to Give Something Up? Gretchen Rubin 2011
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Perhaps this is the flip side of being an abstainer, but I've found that if I'm trying to make myself do something, I do better if I do that thing every day.
Gretchen Rubin: Balanced Life -- Quiz: Are you a Moderator or an Abstainer, When Trying to Give Something Up? Gretchen Rubin 2011
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An abstainer "abstains from everything but abstention, and especially from inactivity in the affairs of others."
Lacerating Wit, Seasoned Cynic Bill Kauffman 2011
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I have been a hardxss crocs abstainer for the last 5 years or so.
A Big Croc of... 2009
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Perhaps this is the flip side of being an abstainer, but I've found that if I'm trying to make myself do something, I do better if I do that thing every day.
Gretchen Rubin: Balanced Life -- Quiz: Are you a Moderator or an Abstainer, When Trying to Give Something Up? Gretchen Rubin 2011
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I have been a hardxss crocs abstainer for the last 5 years or so.
A Big Croc of... 2009
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And I salute another sugar cook (and sugar abstainer) – it is not easy to do, is it?
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