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Abstemious
Abstemious meaning
Refraining from freely consuming food or strong drink; sparing in diet; abstinent, temperate. | Sparing in the indulgence of the appetite or passions. | Sparingly used; used with temperance or moderation.
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Example sentences (3)
However, among the more than 333,000 people in the study, light and moderate drinkers were 20% less likely to die from any cause during the study period compared with their completely abstemious peers.
He pursued a rigidly methodical and abstemious life, studied the Scriptures, and performed his religious duties diligently, depriving himself so that he would have alms to give.
The abstemious life of these Christians, the simplicity and earnestness of their preaching and teaching, had their effect.