Abstain. Refrain, resist, forbear, desist, deny one’s self, avoid, cease, stop, withhold, give up, relinquish.
Ant. Indulge, wanton, revel, yield to, gratify.
Abstemious. Abstinent, sober, moderate, temperate, sparing, frugal, self-denying, continent.
Ant. Sensual, self-indulgent, intemperate, greedy.
Absterge. Wipe off, purge, cleanse, purify, scrub, sponge, scour.
Ant. Soil, pollute, begrime, contaminate, bespatter, bedaub.
Abstersive. Cleansing, purging, purifying, scouring; detergent, cathartic.
Ant. Corruptive, contaminative, offensive.
Abstinence. Temperance, abstemiousness, self-control, self-restraint, self-denial, sobriety, fasting, continence, moderation, frugality.
Ant. Excess, intoxication, self-indulgence, sensuality, wantonness, intemperance, greed, gluttony, revelry, dissipation.