Available Definitions:
1) a. - Abstaining from wine.
2) a. - Sparing in diet; refraining from a free use of food and strong drinks; temperate; abstinent; sparing in the indulgence of the appetite or passions.
3) a. - Sparingly used; used with temperance or moderation; as, an abstemious diet.
4) a. - Marked by, or spent in, abstinence; as, an abstemious life.
5) a. - Promotive of abstemiousness.