Reserve abstemious for someone who exercises restraint, especially with regard to alcohol. A rock musician may sing about enjoying wine and women, but in his private life he may be abstemious.
Abstaining from wine.
Adjective
sparing in consumption of especially food and drink; "the pleasures of the table, never of much consequence to one naturally abstemious"- John Galsworthy
Adjective S.
marked by temperance in indulgence; "abstemious meals"; "a light eater"; "a light smoker"; "ate a light supper"
a.
Abstaining from wine.
a.
Sparing in diet; refraining from a free use of food and
strong drinks; temperate; abstinent; sparing in the indulgence of the
appetite or passions.
a.
Sparingly used; used with temperance or moderation; as,
an abstemious diet.
a.
Marked by, or spent in, abstinence; as, an abstemious
life.
a.
Promotive of abstemiousness.
Abstemious
Under his special eye Abstemious I grew up and thrived amain.2.
Instances of longevity are chiefly among the abstemious.3.
Such is the virtue of the abstemious well.
Abstaining from wine.
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