Meaning of abstinens | Babel Free

Definitions

1. abstinence (the act or practice of abstaining, refraining from indulging a desire or appetite)
   masculine
2. specifically, the practice of abstaining from intoxicating/alcoholic beverages; teetotalism
   masculine
3. specifically, the practice of abstaining from drugs and narcotic substances, as well as tobacco
   masculine
4. abstention from certain foods on days of penitential observance
   masculine
5. withdrawal (a type of metabolic shock the body undergoes when a substance, usually a toxin such as heroin, to which a patient is dependent is withheld)
   masculine
6. withdrawal symptoms in a humorous sense or the feeling of longing for something one is used to doing
   colloquial, humorous, masculine

Examples

“nøisomhed og abstinens”

frugality and abstinence

“han lallet, når han snakket, og han skalv på hendene som en dranker i abstinens”

he whimpered as he spoke, and he shook his hands like a drunkard in withdrawal

“det nyfødte barnet ble behandlet for abstinens på grunn av morens rusmisbruk”

the newborn baby was treated for withdrawal due to the mother's substance abuse

“ha symptom på abstinens”

have symptoms of withdrawal

“han fikk abstinenser da sommerjobben var over”

he got withdrawal symptoms when the summer job was over

“– Jeg klarer ikke å ha ferie. Jeg hadde tenkt at dette skulle bli et hvileår, men fikk abstinens, sier [forfatter Ingvar] Ambjørnsen, som allerede er i gang med en ny roman”

- I can not have a holiday. I had thought that this would be a year of rest, but got withdrawal symptoms, says [author Ingvar] Ambjørnsen, who is already working on a new novel