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What is another word for refrainings?

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Noun
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Plural for the practice of restraining oneself from indulging in something
abstinences
asceticism
abstemiousness
avoidance
continence
forbearance
shunnings
renunciation
frugality
abstentions
moderation
forbearing
keeping
withholding
abnegations
fasting
self-denial
self-restraint
self-discipline
self-control
self-abnegations
temperance
eschewals
nonindulgence
nonparticipation
desistance
sobriety
self-deprivation
refrainment
self-sacrifice
clear-headedness
soberness
teetotalism
moderateness
willpower
self-command
austerity
mortification
self-mastery
temperateness
self-government
control
restraint
astringencies
puritanism
chastities
strictness
prudence
severities
ascetics
renouncement
repudiations
constraints
discretion
conservatisms
moderatism
economies
exactingness
stoicism
chasteness
rigorUS
starkness
reclusiveness
rigoursUK
hermitism
monasticism
plainness
rigorousness
monkishness
simplicity
harshness
solitude
Noun
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Plural for the act or state of eschewing or avoiding something
avoidance
evasion
escapes
elusion
dodgings
eschewals
ducking
shakings
shunnings
circumvention
outs
shirkings
escapism
dodges
flight
nonparticipation
retreats
cop-outs
body swerves
refrainment
abstentions
skirtings
prevarication
equivocation
stallings
quibblings
evasiveness
shufflings
hedgings
tergiversation
shilly-shallyings
cavillingsUK
quibbles
cavilingsUS
fencing
bypasses
vacillation
qualifications
ambiguity
equivocality
doubt
temporisingsUK
shuffles
indecision
hesitation
uncertainty
parryings
temporizingsUS
ambivalence
doubtfulness
waverings
cunning
obliqueness
ditch
shift
slips
ruses
subterfuge
excuse
lies
stonewallings
tricks
temporization
vagueness
Noun
▲
Plural for a refusal to acknowledge or admit (something)
denial
contradiction
disclaimers
negation
repudiations
denunciations
dissents
refutals
retraction
abjuration
defiance
disapprovals
disavowals
forswearings
nonacceptance
rebuttals
refutation
renouncement
renunciation
abnegations
counterstatements
declination
denegations
disallowances
disconfirmations
dismissal
disproofs
rebuffs
refusal
rejection
spurnings
turndowns
vetoes
abstentions
adjurations
confutations
disaffirmations
negatives
retractation
controversion
gainsayings
relinquishments
brush-offs
knock-backs
thumbs downs
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