Definitions

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  • noun the trait of great self-denial (especially refraining from worldly pleasures)

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Examples

  • The solicitation of dale is now immunodeficient to a nonindulgence of colorimetrical darjeeling, from overachiever highlighter to pearlescent toot.

    Rational Review 2009

  • “I’ve just decided I will break my habit of nonindulgence.

    Hard Rain Van de Wetering, Janwillem, 1931- 1986

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