a refraining | Refraining from indulgence, especially from the indulgence of appetite; abstemious; continent; temperate. (defdate|First attested around 1350 to 1470.)(reference-book | last =| first = | authorlink = | coauthors = | editor =Brown, Lesley | others = | title = The Shorter Oxford English Dictionary | origdate = | origyear = 1933| origmonth = | url = | format = | accessdate = | accessyear = | accessmonth = | edition = 5th | date = | year =2003| month = | publisher =Oxford University Press | location =Oxford, UK | language = | id = | doi = | isbn =978-0-19-860575-7 | lccn = | ol = | pages =10| chapter = | chapterurl = | quote =)
n One who abstains; a faster. (defdate|First attested around 1350 to 1470.)
n (context|usually|capitalized|religion|historical) One of a sect who appeared in France and Spain in the 3rd century, and believed in abstinence towards meat and sex.