abstainment
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: 0.00 in modern English
15
Scrabble Score
11
Letters
3
Syllables
8
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
An act of abstaining; an abstention.
Example Sentences
- "Criminality consists in the Intention; and the mere abstainment therefrom, through motives of hope or fear, is not Innocence; but Prudence […]"
- "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."
Etymology
Etymology tree Latin abstineōbor. Old French abstenirbor. Middle English absteynen English abstain Proto-Indo-European *-mn̥ Proto-Indo-European *-mn̥tom Proto-Italic *-mentom Latin -mentum Old French -mentbor. Middle English -ment English -ment English abstainment From abstain + -ment.