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What is the adjective for abstaining?

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Included below are past participle and present participle forms for the verb abstain which may be used as adjectives within certain contexts.

abstemious
  1. Sparing in diet; refraining from a free use of food and strong drinks; temperate; abstinent; sparing in the indulgence of the appetite or passions. [First attested in the mid 17th century.]
  2. Sparingly used; used with temperance or moderation. [First attested in the mid 17th century.]
  3. Marked by, or spent in, abstinence
  4. (rare) Promotive of abstemiousness.
  5. Synonyms:
      6. abstinent, temperate, continent, ascetic, austere, sober, moderate, abstentious, strict, frugal, spartan, restrained, severe, puritanical, teetotal, sparing, moderating, restricted, self-denying, self-abnegating, self-restrained, self-disciplined, non-indulgent, hair-shirt, disciplined, self-controlled, controlled, self-restraining, celibate, abstaining, Spartan, rigid, monkish, monastic, chaste, nunlike, rigorous, inhibited, stringent, straightlaced, strait-laced, dry, forbearing, meager, exacting, simple, solemn, economical, meagre, refraining … more
  6. Examples:
      7. “He took seriously his pledge made at the outset of the war that he would live a frugal and abstemious existence as long as the war lasted.”
      “There is no evidence, however, that a single drinking bout in an otherwise abstemious person will lead to pancreatitis.”
      “Dalton was said to be abstemious but did indulge in a game of bowls on a Thursday.”
abstinent
  1. Refraining from indulgence, especially from the indulgence of appetite. [First attested around 1350 to 1470.]
  2. Synonyms:
      3. abstemious, sober, temperate, continent, ascetic, moderate, teetotal, abstentious, dry, abstaining, forbearing, self-denying, self-abnegating, self-controlled, self-restraining, austere, restrained, disciplined, self-restrained, spartan, frugal, self-disciplined, controlled, on the wagon, clean, strict, straight, puritanical, non-drinking, nondrinking, non-indulgent, severe, hair-shirt, celibate, avoiding alcohol, off the booze, off the sauce, cold sober, teetotaling, teetotalling, clearheaded, straightedge, non-intoxicated, sobered up, monkish, chaste, monastic, nunlike, Spartan, rigid … more
  3. Examples:
      4. “There's nothing in the world wrong with encouraging adolescents to be abstinent as long as possible.”
abstentious
  1. Characterized by abstinence; self-restraint.
  2. Synonyms:
      3. abstemious, temperate, abstinent, sober, continent, self-denying, self-abnegating, ascetic, moderate, austere, restrained, self-restrained, disciplined, teetotal, self-controlled, controlled, self-restraining, inhibited, abstaining, self-disciplined, dry, forbearing, celibate, chaste, nonindulgent, modest, curbed, bridled, abnegating, eschewing, forgoing, constrained, self-possessed, strict, frugal, spartan, severe, puritanical, sparing, moderating, restricted, non-indulgent, hair-shirt, on the wagon, clean, straight, non-drinking, nondrinking, avoiding alcohol, off the booze … more
  3. Examples:
      4. “It binds the government to eliminate wasteful and abstentious expenditure at all levels and promote simplicity in governance.”
abstinential
  1. of or pertaining to abstinence
abstained
  1. simple past tense and past participle of abstain
  2. Synonyms:
      3. helped, avoided, refrained from, stopped, averted, dodged, evaded, prevented, abstained from, bypassed, circumvented, controlled, deflected, desisted, diverted, ducked, eluded, escaped, forbore, got around, passed up, precluded, resisted, restrained from, shied from, shirked, shook off, shrank from, sidestepped, skipped, skipped out on, skirted, stayed away, stayed away from, steered clear, steered clear of, withstood, broke the habit of, fended off, forbore from, got out of, held off, kept from, neutralised, shunned, warded off, anticipated, arrested, blocked, checked … more
abstaining
  1. present participle of abstain
  2. Synonyms:
      3. forgoing, eschewing, forbearing, avoiding, renouncing, refraining, quitting, stopping, desisting, abjuring, abandoning, ceasing, kicking, shunning, withholding, keeping, curbing, declining, refusing, spurning, evading, relinquishing, abnegating, passing, keeping from, packing in, holding back, jacking in, passing up, sitting out, having done with, taking the cure, giving the go by, withdrawing from, giving up, refraining from, forswearing, abstaining from, swearing off, discontinuing, resisting, dropping, leaving off, checking, doing without, breaking off, forsaking, halting, laying off, withholding from … more
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