abstention



abstemiousness, abstinence, asceticism, avoidance, banyan day, celibacy, chastity, continence, cop-out, desuetude, disuse, evasion, fast, fence-sitting, fish day,

   starved - aching for, attenuated, bare-handed, beggarly, cadaverous, craving, deprived of, desirous of, dog-hungry, dying for, emaciate, emaciated, empty, empty-handed, famished,

   health food store - bakery, bodega, dairy, deli, delicatessen, grocery, supermarket ,

   infantile - aboriginal, antenatal, baby, babyish, beginning, budding, childish, childlike, creative, doll-like, elemental, elementary, embryonic, foetal, formative,

   apologetics - apologia, apology, argument, argumentation, bicker, bickering, casuistry, contention, controversy, crisis theology, defence, disputation, dispute, divinity, dogmatics,

   reaching high - aspiration, dream, ideal, idealism ,

   chief mate - OD, boatswain, captain, commander, master, mate, naval officer, navigator, officer, patron, pipes, quartermaster, skipper ,

   durables - appliances, dinnerware, durable goods, earthenware, enamelware, fixtures, flatware, glassware, hard goods, hardware, hollow ware, housewares, ironmongery, ironware, kitchenware,

   distractedly - frantically, furiously, madly, vaguely, violently, wildly ,

   ballyhooed - aggrandized, amplified, disproportionate, exaggerated, excessive, exorbitant, extravagant, extreme, grandiloquent, inflated, inordinate, magnified, over-large, overdone, overdrawn,

   heartily - actively, agreeably, amiably, amicably, animatedly, ardently, arm in arm, breathlessly, briskly, con brio, congenially, cordially, deafeningly, devotedly, devoutly,