Look up: Fasting

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   fasting
   The practice of voluntarily going without food. It can be undertaken as a religious observance, a sign of mourning, a political protest (hunger strike), or for slimming purposes. Fasting or...
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   fasting
   Abstaining from all food. ... (12 Dec 1998) ...
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   Fasting
   `Fasting` is primarily the act of willingly abstaining from some or all food, drink, or both, for a period of time. Concerning that from which one fasts, and the period of fasting, a fast may be total or partial. Fasting practices may preclude sexual activity as well as food, in addition to refraining from eating certain types or groups of foods; for example, one might refrain from eating meat. Medical fasting can be a way to promote detoxificati...
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   Fasting
   • (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Fast
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   fasting
   abstinence from food or drink or both for ritualistic, mystical, ascetic, or other religious or ethical purposes. The abstention may be complete or ... [13 related articles]
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   fasting
   
   1. abstaining from food
   2. abstain from certain foods, as for religious or medical reasons
   3. abstain from eating
   
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   fasting
   fasting, partial or temporary abstinence from food, a widely used form of asceticism. Among the stricter Jews the principal fast is the Day of Atonement, or Yom Kippur; in Islam the faithful fast all the daytime hours of the month of Ramadan. Fasting is general in Christianity. The most widely obser...
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