{"id":299,"date":"2014-09-09T04:34:50","date_gmt":"2014-09-09T04:34:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.perfectyourenglish.com\/blog\/?p=299"},"modified":"2014-09-09T04:34:50","modified_gmt":"2014-09-09T04:34:50","slug":"abstinent","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/perfectyourenglish.com\/blog\/abstinent\/","title":{"rendered":"Abstinent"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3>Abstinent (AB stuh nunt)<\/h3>\n<p>When you are abstinent, you stop doing something voluntarily. This could be a harmful habit like smoking. A smoker enjoys smoking, but it is bad for him so his doctor may advise him to <strong>abstain from<\/strong> smoking.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Martin used to be a chain smoker, but now he is <strong>abstinent.<\/strong> (He does not smoke now.)<\/li>\n<li>As I was dieting, I tried to be <strong>abstinent<\/strong> but eventually I realized that I lacked the willpower to resist the charm of chocolate cakes and ice-creams.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Abstinent<\/strong> takes the preposition <strong>from.<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>The doctor advised the patient to be totally <strong>abstinent from<\/strong> alcohol.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Abstinence (noun)<\/h3>\n<p><strong>Abstinence<\/strong> is the practice of abstaining.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>In a world where self-indulgence is regarded as a virtue, does it make sense to preach <strong>abstinence<\/strong>?<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Abstinently (adverb)<\/strong><\/p>\n<h3>Abstention (noun)<\/h3>\n<p><strong>Abstention<\/strong> is the act of choosing not to do something. This word is also used to refer to a formal refusal to vote on something.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>The high rate of voter <strong>abstention<\/strong> clearly shows that people have lost faith in their leaders.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Abstinent: synonyms<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Abstentious, continent, sober, temperate, self-denying<\/p>\n<p><strong>Abstinent: antonyms<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Self-indulgent, rapacious, voracious, greedy, gluttonous<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Abstinent (AB stuh nunt) When you are abstinent, you stop doing something voluntarily. This could be a harmful habit like smoking. A smoker enjoys smoking, but it is bad for him so his doctor&#46;&#46;&#46;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[64],"tags":[65],"class_list":["post-299","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-a-word-a-day","tag-abstinent"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/perfectyourenglish.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/299","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/perfectyourenglish.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/perfectyourenglish.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/perfectyourenglish.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/perfectyourenglish.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=299"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/perfectyourenglish.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/299\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":300,"href":"https:\/\/perfectyourenglish.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/299\/revisions\/300"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/perfectyourenglish.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=299"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/perfectyourenglish.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=299"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/perfectyourenglish.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=299"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}