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Webster 1913 Edition


Abstinency

Ab′sti-nen-cy

,
Noun.
Abstinence.
[R.]

Definition 2024


abstinency

abstinency

English

Noun

abstinency (uncountable)

  1. (rare) Alternative form of abstinence[First attested in the late 16th century.][1]

References

  1. Lesley Brown (editor), The Shorter Oxford English Dictionary, 5th edition (Oxford University Press, 2003 [1933], ISBN 978-0-19-860575-7), page 10