dieting

Etymology

verb

  1. present participle and gerund of diet

noun

  1. The practice of following a diet.
    […] they think that diet cures chronic diseases, placed under the homoeopathic physician's care, though, under their care, with all their dietings, these very diseases were so intractable. 1850, John Epps, Homoeopathy and Its Principles Explained, page 133

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