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10 letters · 12 points in Scrabble
Meaning
noun the trait of abstaining (especially from alcohol)
originFirst attested in 1521. Borrowed from French abstention, from Late Latin abstēntiō from Latin abstinēō (“withhold, to abstain”)
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 3.0
Words from these letters
- abstinent 11
- obstinate 11
- sanbenito 11
- antisnob 10
- bonniest 10
- botanies 10
- botanise 10
- botanist 10
- niobates 10
- obeisant 10
- intonates 9
- bannets 9