#abstinence  act or practice of refraining from indulging an appetite
  supertype:  self-control__self-denial__self-discipline  the act of denying yourself; controlling your impulses
  subtype:  sexual_abstention__chastity__celibacy  abstaining from sexual relations
  subtype:  sobriety.abstinence__temperance  abstaining from excess
  subtype:  teetotaling__teetotalism  abstaining from alcohol
  subtype:  fast__fasting  abstaining from food
     subtype:  hunger_strike  a fast by a prisoner as a means of protest
     subtype:  dieting__diet  the act of restricting your food intake (or your intake of particular foods)
  subtype:  inhibition__suppression  (psychology) the conscious exclusion of unacceptable thoughts or desires

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