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Synonyms for fasting
fast·ing
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English Synonyms and Antonyms
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.
Synonyms:
abstemiousness, abstinence, continence, frugality, moderation, self-control, self-denial, self-restraint, sobriety, temperanceAntonyms:
drunkenness, excess, gluttony, greed, intemperance, intoxication, reveling, revelry, self-indulgence, sensuality, wantonnessPreposition:
The negative side of virtue is abstinence from vice.
Princeton's WordNet
fast, fastingnoun
abstaining from food
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fast
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Dictionary of English Synonymes
fastingnoun
Synonyms:
fast, abstinence from food
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List of paraphrases for "fasting":
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Words popularity by usage frequency
| ranking | word | |
|---|---|---|
| #852 | fast | |
| #17149 | moderation | |
| #20872 | fasting | |
| #24124 | abstinence | |
| #24596 | starvation | |
| #38214 | temperance | |
| #41208 | sobriety | |
| #54982 | continence | |
| #77006 | fasted | |
| #95106 | frugality |
How to use fasting in a sentence?
I think you’ll see in the next year or two, and particularly the next five years, a lot of [results from studies] on intermittent fasting on human subjects with diseases or [who are] at risk for a disease.
In Eastern Orthodoxy, for example, the fasting rules are pretty elaborate -- no milk, no eggs, no meat, no fish with blood systems, and sometimes no leavened bread, even though the foods for Lent are really wonderful and tasty, they still remind you that you are in the middle of a fasting period and therefore, your eating habits continually reinforce the spiritual disciplines you're supposed to be working through.
Do not skip meals if you don’t feel well. Fasting is only good when you live well with discipline.
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.
Lower caloric exposure and episodic fasting can extend the life span of all animals, the longer we spend in the catabolic state, the longer we live.
Translations for fasting
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- صيامArabic
- orucAzerbaijani
- пост, галаданнеBelarusian
- постBulgarian
- ཟས་གཅོདTibetan Standard
- yunBreton
- dia dejunat, dejuniCatalan, Valencian
- půstCzech
- ymprydWelsh
- fasteDanish
- Fasten, FastenzeitGerman
- νηστείαGreek
- fastoEsperanto
- ayunoSpanish
- paastEstonian
- barau, baraualdiBasque
- روزهPersian
- paasto, paastoaminenFinnish
- føstaFaroese
- jeûneFrench
- troscadhIrish
- trasgScottish Gaelic
- תַּעֲנִית, צוֹםHebrew
- उपवासHindi
- böjtölés, böjtHungarian
- պահք, պաս, ծոմArmenian
- puasaIndonesian
- fastaIcelandic
- digiunoItalian
- תַעֲנִיתHebrew
- 絶食, 断食Japanese
- მარხვაGeorgian
- ашығуKazakh
- 斷食, 단식Korean
- rojî, ڕۆژووKurdish
- iēiūniumLatin
- pasninkas, gavėniaLithuanian
- gavēnisLatvian
- постMacedonian
- харууMongolian
- puasaMalay
- vastenDutch
- fasteNorwegian
- postPolish
- jejumPortuguese
- ajun, postRomanian
- пост, голоданиеRussian
- giaugnu, giaunu, geunu, zeunu, diugnu, deunu, deunzu, zaunzu, giunu, diunzu, dejunuSardinian
- пост, postSerbo-Croatian
- pôstSlovak
- postSlovene
- agjërimi, kreshmë, agjërimAlbanian
- fastetid, fastaSwedish
- funga, saumuSwahili
- рӯзаTajik
- การอดThai
- ayunoTagalog
- oruçTurkish
- голодування, пістUkrainian
- kiêng ăn, nhịn ănVietnamese
- djuneWalloon
- 禁食Chinese
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