Abstinent

Definitions

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.

From Middle English abstinent (adjective form).

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Abstinent is the only 100 percent full proof way of preventing pregnancy.

CNN Transcript May 6, 2009 2009
Abstinent only sex-education has never been succesful.

Live Blog from the Anchor Desk 9/01/08 2008
Abstinent or not he certainly could have remarried.

Is he 107 because he stopped having sex when he was 30? Ann Althouse 2007
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
Abstinent teens also do dramatically better in school.

National Review Online 2010
Abstinent teens also do dramatically better in school.

Articles on National Review Online 2010
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
Abstinent teens also do dramatically better in school.

Articles on National Review Online Robert Rector 2010
Abstinent Mormon farmers grow barley for beer - The Associated Press

By Common Consent, a Mormon Blog 2010
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