fasting

Plural: fastings

Noun

• The act of abstaining from food or drink.
• abstaining from food
• Abstinence or mortification for religious reasons, especially abstinence from food.
• Abstinence from food, limiting caloric intake, for medical or health reasons, dieting.

Verb

• abstain from certain foods, as for religious or medical reasons
• abstain from eating
• present participle and gerund of fast

Examples

• His FASTING from distractions allowed him to focus intensely on his Scrabble strategy.

Synonyms

fast