abstainment

English

Etymology

abstain +‎ -ment

Noun

abstainment (plural abstainments)

1. (rare) An act of abstaining; an abstention.
   • 1871, Edward Nichols Dennys, The alpha, or First principle of the human mind‎^[1], page 227:

     Criminality consists in the Intention; and the mere abstainment therefrom, through motives of hope or fear, is not Innocence; but Prudence […]

   • 1917, Edna Ferber, Fanny herself‎^[2]:

     It is the custom in the household of Atonement Day fasters of the old school to begin the evening meal, after the twenty-four hours of abstainment, with coffee and freshly baked coffee cake of every variety.