The quality or practice of being moderate and self-restrained, especially regarding food and drink; deliberate limitation of one's consumption or indulgence in pleasures.
The noun form of 'abstemious,' derived from the same Latin roots 'abs-' (away from) + 'temetum' (strong drink) with the addition of '-ness' to indicate the state or quality of being abstemious.
This is just the noun form of abstemious - it's the actual practice of restraint itself. Think of it as the 'ness' of being stain-resistant to temptation!
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