abstentĭo — Lewis & Short
abstentĭo, ōnis, f.abstineo,
I the holding back, retaining:
stercorum,Cael. Aur. Acut. 3, 18.
The corpus record — Latin
abstentĭo
abstentĭo · f
the holding back
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