abstini

== Esperanto == === Etymology === Borrowed from English abstain, French abstenir and Italian astenersi. First attested in 1929. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /apˈstini/ Rhymes: -ini Syllabification: ab‧sti‧ni Hyphenation: ab‧sti‧ni === Verb === abstini (present abstinas, past abstinis, future abstinos, conditional abstinus, volitive abstinu) to abstain from something pleasurable (ex. alcohol, tobacco, sex, meat) 2000, Donald Broadribb (translator), Plato, La Respubliko, Parto Tri. ==== Conjugation ==== ==== Derived terms ==== abstinado (“abstinence”) abstino (“abstention”) abstinulo (“an abstinent person”) abstina abstinema abstinemo === References === === Further reading ===