The practice of self-denial; self-restraint; forebearance from anything.
The act or practice of abstaining, refraining from indulging a desire or appetite.
Abstention from certain foods on days of penitential observance.
Specifically, the practice of abstaining from sexual intercourse, either permanently or until marriage.
Delay of spending to accrue capital.
Specifically, the practice of abstaining from intoxicating/alcoholic beverages; total abstinence; teetotalism).
Defiance; challenge.
The quality of daring; venturesomeness; boldness.
A challenge to prove courage.
In the game truth or dare, the choice to perform a dare set by the other players.
A small fish, the dace
To terrify; to daunt.
To have enough courage (to do something).
To have enough courage to meet or do something, go somewhere, etc.; to face up to
To catch (larks) by producing terror through the use of mirrors, scarlet cloth, a hawk, etc., so that they lie still till a net is thrown over them.
To defy or challenge (someone to do something)