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 Translation for 'abstinence' from English to Polish
NOUN   abstinence | -
SYNO abstention | abstinence
abstynencja {f}abstinence
wstrzemięźliwość {f}abstinence
trzeźwość {f}abstinence [sobriety]
abstynencja {f} od alkoholuabstinence from alcohol
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Usage Examples English
  • Following abstinence, many deficits often resolve rapidly (in as little as a week).
  • Abstinence-only sex education tells teenagers that they should be sexually abstinent until marriage and does not provide information about contraception.
  • Lubbock has some of the highest teen pregnancy and STD rates in the nation, the "solution" to which is a strict abstinence-only sex education curriculum in the public schools and a conservative preacher who urges kids to pledge abstinence until marriage.
  • The former regulations on abstinence obliged Catholics starting as young as age seven, but there were many exceptions.
  • By 2004, groups supporting abstinence numbered in the hundreds. During the preceding decade, approximately 2.5 million American youth took the pledge of abstinence.

  • Abstinence-only sex education is a form of sex education that teaches abstinence from sex, and often excludes many other types of sexual and reproductive health education, particularly regarding birth control and safe sex.
  • From these several stages, there are several things that can be explained, such as the ritual of abstinence.
  • Jaye directed and produced the 2010 American documentary film "Daddy I Do" which examines sex education and sexual abstinence programs in America.
  • Critics of abstinence-only sex education have made the point that abstinence-only truly curbs education and a well-rounded knowledge to fight HIV/AIDS infection.
  • Abstinence-only advocates have criticized the manual for including such topics as outercourse and masturbation, behaviors they believe should not be acknowledged.

  • Knight is on the advisory board of the Abstinence Clearinghouse, which promotes abstinence-only sex education.
  • Abstinence-only sex education does not reduce teenage pregnancy.
  • "The Catholic Total Abstinence Union Fountain" (1874–77) – also known as "The Catholic Total Abstinence Centennial Fountain" or "The Centennial Fountain" – is a now defunct ornamental fountain and drinking fountain located in West Fairmount Park, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
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