"abstinency" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈæb.stɪ.nən.si/ [UK, US] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Persent101-abstinency.wav Forms: abstinencies [plural]
Etymology: From Classical Latin abstinentia; compare -y (suffix forming abstract nouns) and earlier abstinence, a doublet. Etymology templates: {{bor|en|la-cla|abstinentia}} Classical Latin abstinentia, {{doublet|en|nocap=1}} doublet Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} abstinency (countable and uncountable, plural abstinencies)
  1. (uncommon) Synonym of abstinence. Tags: countable, uncommon, uncountable Synonyms: abstinence [synonym, synonym-of]
    Sense id: en-abstinency-en-noun-BfEW-Kxk Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries

Inflected forms

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