- Unintoxicated - Abstaining from wine. - Sparing in diet; refraining from a free use of food and
strong drinks; temperate; abstinent; sparing in the indulgence of the
appetite or passions. - Sparingly used; used with temperance or moderation; as,
an abstemious diet. - Marked by, or spent in, abstinence; as, an abstemious
life. - Promotive of abstemiousness.