英和和英

名詞

abstainment (複数形 abstainments)

1. (まれに) An act of abstaining; an abstention.
   • 1871 Edward Nichols Dennys, The alpha, or First principle of the human mind^[1], page 227:

     Criminality consists in the Intention; and the mere abstainment therefrom, through motives of hope or fear, is not Innocence; but Prudence […]

   • 1917 Edna Ferber, Fanny herself^[2]:

     It is the custom in the household of Atonement Day fasters of the old school to begin the evening meal, after the twenty-four hours of abstainment, with coffee and freshly baked coffee cake of every variety.