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abstinence: see fasting fasting, partial or temporary abstinence from food, a widely used form of asceticism . Among the stricter Jews the principal fast is the Day of Atonement, or Yom Kippur ; in Islam the faithful fast all the daytime hours of the month of Ramadan . ..... Click the link for more information. ; temperance movements temperance movements, organized efforts to induce people to abstain—partially or completely—from alcoholic beverages. Such movements occurred in ancient times, but ceased until the wide use of distilled liquors in the modern period resulted in increasing ..... Click the link for more information. . abstinence Chiefly RC Church the practice of refraining from specific kinds of food or drink, esp from meat, as an act of penance How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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In that role, Kropf established a
program dedicated to telling young teens to remain abstinent until
marriage. Several family and individual characteristics were associated with
women's remaining abstinent until age 18. In the early 1990s, conservative and mainly Christian
organizations focused on sex education, claiming the only way to prevent
pregnancy and STDs is to stay abstinent until marriage, Kempner says. |
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