abstemious
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daily_wordsab·ste·mi·ous
[ab-stee-mee-uhs]
–adjective
1. sparing or moderate in eating and drinking; temperate in diet
2. characterized by abstinence: an abstemious life
3. sparing: an abstemious diet
