abstinency

English

Etymology

abstinence +‎ -y

Pronunciation
  • (UK, US) IPA(key): /ˈæb.stɪ.nən.si/
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Noun

abstinency (countable and uncountable, plural abstinencies)

  1. (rare) Alternative form of abstinence [First attested in the late 16th century.][1]

References
  1. Lesley Brown, editor-in-chief, William R. Trumble and Angus Stevenson, editors (2002), “abstinency”, in The Shorter Oxford English Dictionary on Historical Principles, 5th edition, Oxford, New York, N.Y.: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 10.
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