abstinence

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ab‧sti‧nence/ˈæbstənəns, ˈæbstɪnəns/ noun [UNCOUNTABLE]
[date : 1300-1400; Language : Old French; Origin : Latin abstinentia, from Latin abstinere; ⇨ abstain]
the practice of not having something you enjoy, especially alcohol or sex, usually for reasons of religion or health

—abstinent adjective

noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
ADJECTIVE
total
▪ I knew of no virtues except truthfulness, obedience, self-sacrifice, total abstinence from alcoholic drinks ....
▪ If not, client and therapist can then together consider a goal of total abstinence.
▪ As a public man and staunch Congregationalist he was active in social reform, notably in promoting total abstinence.
▪ Compliance with any of the three drug treatments was associated with total abstinence during the year.
▪ His campaigns for total abstinence were based on appeals to reason.
▪ At sixteen Malins took the total abstinence pledge.
▪ As for the member of Alcoholics Anonymous, there could be no compromise solution: it was either total abstinence or total relapse.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
▪ I had planned to usher in the new decade with a month of abstinence.
▪ I should know by now that heavy drinkers are awfully fond of high-flown rationalisations for any brief spell of abstinence.
▪ In the early stages of abstinence, people are having a lot of difficulties and craving is most pronounced.
▪ Paul permits temporary abstinence also but only by mutual agreement.
▪ Some creatures indulge but once a year, with long periods of abstinence as they make copies of themselves.
▪ The primary goal of the treatment was abstinence.
▪ The third floor was a no-smoking floor or I think I might have started smoking again after six years' abstinence.
▪ Total abstinence from any sweeteners can cure a sweet tooth permanently - which is much better in the long term.