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- noun usually capitalized, religion, historical One of a sect who appeared in France and Spain in the 3rd century, and believed in abstinence towards meat and sex.
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Examples
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Abstinent is the only 100 percent full proof way of preventing pregnancy.
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Abstinent only sex-education has never been succesful.
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Abstinent or not he certainly could have remarried.
Is he 107 because he stopped having sex when he was 30? Ann Althouse 2007
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Abstinent opiate abusers exhibit conditioned craving, conditioned withdrawal and reductions in both through extinction.
The Neuropsychiatric Guide to Modern Everyday Psychiatry Michael Alan Taylor 1993
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Abstinent teens also do dramatically better in school.
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Abstinent teens also do dramatically better in school.
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Instead of arguing over whose poll is right, I propose we consider something most parents can probably agree on: Abstinent teens are happier and more likely to succeed in school.
ParentDish Rachel Campos-Duffy 2010
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Abstinent teens also do dramatically better in school.
Articles on National Review Online Robert Rector 2010
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Abstinent Mormon farmers grow barley for beer - The Associated Press
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Instead of arguing over whose poll is right, I propose we consider something most parents can probably agree on: Abstinent teens are happier and more likely to succeed in school.
ParentDish 2010
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