Esperanto

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Pronunciation

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    • IPA(key): [abˈstini]
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    • Rhymes: -ini
    • Hyphenation: ab‧sti‧ni

Verb

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abstini (present abstinas, past abstinis, future abstinos, conditional abstinus, volitive abstinu)

  1. to abstain from something pleasurable (ex. alcohol, tobacco, sex, meat)
    • 2000, Donald Broadribb (translator), Plato, La Respubliko, Parto Tri.
      Por bona korpa farto oni devas abstini de ĉiuj spicoj.
      For good bodily health one should abstain from all spices.

Conjugation

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Derived terms

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