Thesaurus: abstemious

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1. a. Abstaining from wine.
2. a. Sparing in diet; refraining from a free use of food and strong drinks; temperate; abstinent; sparing in the indulgence of the appetite or passions.
3. a. Sparingly used; used with temperance or moderation; as, an abstemious diet.
4. a. Marked by, or spent in, abstinence; as, an abstemious life.
5. a. Promotive of abstemiousness.
6. adj. sparing in consumption of especially food and drink
7. adj. marked by temperance in indulgence
8. 1. Abstaining from wine. [Orig. Latin sense.] Under his special eye Abstemious I grew up and thrived amain. Milton. 2. Sparing in diet; refraining from a free use of food and strong drinks; temperate; abstinent; sparing in the indulgence of the appetite or passions. Instances of longevity are chiefly among the abstemious. Arbuthnot. 3. Sparingly used; used with temperance or moderation; as, an abstemious diet. Gibbon. 4. Marked by, or spent in, abstinence; as, an abstemious life. "One abstemious day." Pope. 5. Promotive of abstemiousness. [R.] Such is the virtue of the abstemious well. Dryden.
9. j:100 a. sparing in consumption of especially food and drink s. marked by temperance in indulgence