Synonyms for fasting
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1. fasting

   Abstinence from food commonly signifies going without; abstemiousness, partaking moderately; abstinence may be for a single occasion, abstemiousness is habitual moderation. Self-denial is giving up what one wishes; abstinence may be refraining from what one does not desire. Fasting is abstinence from food for a limited time, and generally for religious reasons. Sobriety and temperance signify maintaining a quiet, even temper by moderate indulgence in some things, complete abstinence from others. We speak of temperance in eating, but of abstinence from vice. Total abstinence has come to signify the entire abstaining from intoxicating liquors.

   Synonyms:
   abstemiousness, abstinence, continence, frugality, moderation, self-control, self-denial, self-restraint, sobriety, temperance

   Antonyms:
   drunkenness, excess, gluttony, greed, intemperance, intoxication, reveling, revelry, self-indulgence, sensuality, wantonness

   Preposition:
   The negative side of virtue is abstinence from vice.

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1. fast, fastingnoun

   abstaining from food

   Synonyms:
   fast

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1. • Abstinence

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1. fastingnoun

   Synonyms:
   fast, abstinence from food

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1. List of paraphrases for "fasting":

   fasted, starvation, fast

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1. Libby Mills:

   You may not know how your body will respond to, say, low blood sugar, or, some people find that fasting seems like a piece of cake until around 3 o'clock, and then suddenly cravings come on and you end up eating all sorts of things you normally wouldn't.

2. Clifford V. Villalon:

   Do not skip meals if you don’t feel well. Fasting is only good when you live well with discipline.

3. Frank Scheer:

   The current study further suggests that extending the overnight fasting duration in overweight individuals with a habitually short overnight fasting duration leads to weight loss, at least in part due to reduced daily caloric intake.

4. Saint Jerome:

   When the stomach is full, it is easy to talk of fasting.

5. Heiner Bielefeldt:

   I heard, also, very disturbing stories about harassment, for instance, intimidation during Ramadan -- children in schools were expected to break their fasting on Ramadan.