abstinence Synonyms

abstention refraining soberness sobriety starkness stoicism teetotalism temperance virginity withholding shunning self-restraint refrainment renunciation restraint rubber sabbatarianism self-abnegation self-denial self-discipline vasectomy nonindulgence meritoriousness intactness nonparticipation hunger strike eschewal self-deprivation via media self-mortification spinsterhood rhythm method sexlessness contraceptive pacifism birth control birth prevention family planning contraception IUD non-indulgence purity puritanism chastity continence continency crazing-mill desuetude diaphragm disusage