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Antonyms for fastingfast·ing

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English Synonyms and Antonyms1.0 / 2 votes

  1. fasting

    Abstinence from food commonly signifies going without; abstemiousness, partaking moderately; abstinence may be for a single occasion, abstemiousness is habitual moderation. Self-denial is giving up what one wishes; abstinence may be refraining from what one does not desire. Fasting is abstinence from food for a limited time, and generally for religious reasons. Sobriety and temperance signify maintaining a quiet, even temper by moderate indulgence in some things, complete abstinence from others. We speak of temperance in eating, but of abstinence from vice. Total abstinence has come to signify the entire abstaining from intoxicating liquors.

    Antonyms:
    drunkenness, excess, gluttony, greed, intemperance, intoxication, reveling, revelry, self-indulgence, sensuality, wantonness

    Synonyms:
    abstemiousness, abstinence, continence, frugality, moderation, self-control, self-denial, self-restraint, sobriety, temperance

    Preposition:
    The negative side of virtue is abstinence from vice.

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Princeton's WordNet0.0 / 0 votes

  1. fast, fastingnoun

    abstaining from food

    Synonyms:
    fast

How to use fasting in a sentence?

  1. Valter Longo:

    The human fasting mimicking diet (FMD) program is a plant based diet program designed to attain fasting-like effects while providing micronutrient nourishment (vitamins, minerals, etc.) and minimize the burden of fasting.

  2. Stephanie Mansour:

    If this is part of your protocol, then try it out and see how you feel, keep in mind that while you're fasting, lower-intensity workouts will probably help you feel steadier and less fatigued compared to a high-intensity workout.

  3. Valter Longo:

    Whether you're thinking about trying a fasting system for preventive reasons or as a treatment, the doctor should be involved, there are many factors that must be considered, like your current diet, or whether you have diabetes or a metabolic disorder.

  4. Mohammad Abuershaid:

    There was nothing to show that she was extreme at all, she was a practicing Muslim, she believed in the religion, and she was just doing the five prayers a day, the fasting... there was nothing to show that she was out of the ordinary.

  5. Sultan Alneyadi:

    Fasting is not compulsory if you’re feeling not well. So in that regard — anything that can jeopardize the mission or maybe put the crew member at risk — we’re actually allowed to to eat sufficient food to prevent any escalation of lack of food or nutrition or hydration.

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Words popularity by usage frequency

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#4133excess
#17531greed
#20872fasting
#33642intoxication
#42284sensuality
#54055drunkenness
#70304gluttony
#84913revelry
#112127intemperance
#119326reveling
#180433wantonness

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