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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
PPDB, the paraphrase database
List of paraphrases for "fasting":
Words popularity by usage frequency
ranking | word | |
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#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?
They should have been less hungry at night because the fasting period was shorter, we know that there is something going on here.
Heat or no heat, this is my responsibility, normally, I drink a lot of water but, thank God, I am fasting now, so I just have to try to keep going.
We are at a transition point where we could soon consider adding information about intermittent fasting to medical school curricula alongside standard advice about healthy diets and exercise.
Do not skip meals if you don’t feel well. Fasting is only good when you live well with discipline.
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.
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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