fasting
Definition
- Noun:
- The act or practice of abstaining from all or some kinds of food or drink, especially as a religious observance or for health reasons. It refers to the voluntary abstinence from consuming food for a defined period.
Usage Examples
- Noun:
- She observes a 24-hour fasting every month for spiritual reasons.
- Intermittent fasting has become a popular dietary approach for weight management.
- The religious holiday involves prayer and fasting.
Advanced Usage
- "to break one's fasting": to end a period of fasting by eating food.
- They gathered at sunset to break their fasting together.
Variants and Related Words
- Fast (verb): to abstain from all or some kinds of food or drink.
- Many people fast during the holy month.
- Faster (noun): a person who is fasting.
- The faster drank only water for three days.
Synonyms
- Abstinence: the practice of restraining oneself from indulging in something, typically food or alcohol.
- Starvation (Note: This typically implies a severe, often involuntary, lack of food, unlike the voluntary nature of fasting).
Related Phrases
- Water fasting: a type of fast where only water is consumed.
- He undertook a supervised water fasting for detoxification.
- Fasting period: the specific duration during which one fasts.
- The fasting period begins at dawn and ends at dusk.
Noun
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abstaining from food
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