Meanings
nouninabstinence (uncountable)
- obsoleteuncountableLack of abstinence; indulgence.
VVhat miſerie th' inabſtinence of Eve / Shall bring on men. […]
1674, John Milton, “Book XI”, in Paradise Lost. […], 2nd edition, London: […] S[amuel] Simmons […], →OCLC, pages 299–300
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