Abstemious

Abstemious - Other Definitions

• (a.) Abstaining from wine.
  
  
• (a.) Sparing in diet; refraining from a free use of food and strong drinks; temperate; abstinent; sparing in the indulgence of the appetite or passions.
  
  
• (a.) Sparingly used; used with temperance or moderation; as, an abstemious diet.
  
  
• (a.) Marked by, or spent in, abstinence; as, an abstemious life.
  
  
• (a.) Promotive of abstemiousness.