forbearance from any indulgence of appetite, esp. from the use of alcoholic beverages

total abstinence.

any self-restraint, self-denial, or forbearance.

Economics . the conserving of current income in order to build up capital or savings.

the state of being without a drug, as alcohol or heroin, on which one is dependent.

noun

drunkenness , excess , indulgence , intemperance , intoxication , revelry , self-indulgence

noun

abnegation , abstaining , abstemiousness , asceticism , avoidance , chastity , continence , fasting , forbearance , frugality , moderation , refraining , renunciation , self-control , self-denial , self-restraint , soberness , sobriety , teetotalism , temperance , dryness , abstention , fast , restraint