abstinência

== Portuguese == === Etymology === Borrowed from Latin abstinentia. Compare the inherited Old Galician-Portuguese astẽença. === Pronunciation === === Noun === abstinência f (uncountable) abstinence (practice of self-enforced restraint from indulging in bodily activities that are widely experienced as giving pleasure) Abstinência sexual ― Sexual abstinence ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Related terms ==== === Further reading === “abstinência”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026 “abstinência”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2026, →ISBN “abstinência”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026