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fasting

DEFINITIONS OF: fasting

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n abstaining from food

Synonyms:
fast
Types:
diet, dieting
the act of restricting your food intake (or your intake of particular foods)
hunger strike
a voluntary fast undertaken as a means of protest
Ramadan
(Islam) a fast (held from sunrise to sunset) that is carried out during the Islamic month of Ramadan
Type of:
abstinence
act or practice of refraining from indulging an appetite
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