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Gluttonous, greedy, hungry, penurious, piggish, edacious, esurient, prehensile and rapacious...all words that describe the OPPOSITE of our word of the day.

abstemious
\ ab-STEE-mee-uhs \ , adjective;

Restraining behavior or appetite other definitions include...
1. Sparing in eating and drinking; temperate; abstinent.
2. Sparingly used or consumed; used with temperance or moderation.
3. Marked by or spent in abstinence.

Here's how I'd use it: In fasting with my church, I found myself partaking in very abstemious eating habits. This diet limits us from indulging in all the foods we love.

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