Abstain
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King James Dictionary [1]
ABSTA'IN, L. abstineo, to keep from abs and teneo, to hold. See Tenant.
In a general sense, to forbear, or refrain from, voluntarily but used chiefly to denote a restraint upon the passions or appetites to refrain from indulgence.
Abstain from meats offered to idols. Acts 15
To abstain from the use of ardent spirits to abstain from luxuries.
Webster's Dictionary [2]
(1): (v. t.) To hinder; to withhold.
(2): (v. i.) To hold one's self aloof; to forbear or refrain voluntarily, and especially from an indulgence of the passions or appetites; - with from.
Hawker's Poor Man's Concordance And Dictionary [3]
See Abstinence
