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  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.

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

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

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

Princeton's WordNet0.0 / 0 votes

  1. fast, fastingnoun

    abstaining from food

    Synonyms:
    fast

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Dictionary of English Synonymes0.0 / 0 votes

  1. fastingnoun

    Synonyms:
    fast, abstinence from food

PPDB, the paraphrase database0.0 / 0 votes

  1. List of paraphrases for "fasting":

    fasted, starvation, fast

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Words popularity by usage frequency

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#852fast
#17149moderation
#20872fasting
#24124abstinence
#24596starvation
#38214temperance
#41208sobriety
#54982continence
#77006fasted
#95106frugality

How to use fasting in a sentence?

  1. Frank Scheer:

    The current study further suggests that extending the overnight fasting duration in overweight individuals with a habitually short overnight fasting duration leads to weight loss, at least in part due to reduced daily caloric intake.

  2. Thomas Rando:

    As we age, we experience slower and less complete healing of our tissues, we wanted to understand what controls that regenerative ability and how fasting impacts this process. We found that fasting induces resilience in muscle stem cells so that they survive during deprivation and are available to repair muscle when nutrients are again available.

  3. Prophet Mohammed, Muslim & Bukhari:

    Do you know what is better than charity and fasting and prayer? It is keeping peace and good relations between people, as quarrels and bad feelings destroy mankind.

  4. Proverb:

    It's a fine sermon about fasting when the preacher just had lunch.

  5. Benjamin Franklin:

    He that lives upon hope will die fasting.


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