ABSTAINER

[/æbˈsteɪnər/]

Definition

A weak person who yields to the temptation of denying himself a pleasure.
A total abstainer is one who abstains from everything but abstention, and especially from inactivity in the affairs of others.

Additional notes

Said a man to a crapulent youth: "I thought You a total abstainer, my son." So I am, so I am, said the scapegrace caught— But not, sir, a bigoted one. G.J.

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