- Forbearance - Keeping off beer etc - Not fastened; unaffiliated - Self-restraint - The practice of restraining oneself from indulging in something - The act or practice of abstaining; voluntary
forbearance of any action, especially the refraining from an indulgence
of appetite, or from customary gratifications of animal or sensual
propensities. Specifically, the practice of abstaining from
intoxicating beverages, -- called also total abstinence. - The practice of self-denial by depriving one's self of
certain kinds of food or drink, especially of meat.
- Self-restraint; self-command. - The restraint which a person imposes upon his desires
and passions; the act or power of refraining from indulgence of the
sexual appetite, esp. from unlawful indulgence; sometimes, moderation
in sexual indulgence. - Uninterrupted course; continuity.
- The quality or condition of being impotent; want of
strength or power, animal, intellectual, or moral; weakness;
feebleness; inability; imbecility. - Want of self-restraint or self-control. - Want of procreative power; inability to copulate, or
beget children; also, sometimes, sterility; barrenness.
- Emasculated - Helpless - Incapable - Ineffectual - Statement of belief in one’s own strength ... or not! - Not potent; wanting power, strength. or vigor. whether
physical, intellectual, or moral; deficient in capacity; destitute of
force; weak; feeble; infirm. - Wanting the power of self-restraint; incontrolled;
ungovernable; violent.