Abstinence is the practice of self-enforced restraint from indulging in bodily activities that are widely experienced as giving pleasure. Most frequently...

Sexual abstinence or sexual restraint is the practice of refraining from sexual activity for reasons medical, psychological, legal, social, philosophical...

Asceticism is a lifestyle characterized by abstinence from sensual pleasures, often for the purpose of pursuing spiritual goals. Asceticism has not been...

Teetotalism is the practice or promotion of total personal abstinence from the consumption of alcohol, specifically in alcoholic drinks. A person who practices...

"The Abstinence" is the 143rd episode of the American sitcom Seinfeld. This was the ninth episode for the eighth season, originally broadcast on the NBC...

pleasure. Abstinence may also refer to: Abstinence (band), an experimental industrial music project "The Abstinence", a Seinfeld episode Abstinence theory...

fasting and abstinence (from meat) at various times each year. For Catholics, fasting is the reduction of one's intake of food, while abstinence refers to...

Periodic abstinence may refer to: The use of fertility awareness as birth control Following the Roman Catholic Church's teachings on natural family planning...

and abstinence-only as part of the Adolescent Family Life Act, or AFLA. Comprehensive sex education is also called abstinence-based, abstinence-plus...

temperance movement is a social movement promoting temperance or complete abstinence from consumption of alcoholic beverages. Participants in the movement...