fasting

Etymology

verb

  1. present participle and gerund of fast

noun

  1. Abstinence or mortification for religious reasons, especially abstinence from food.
    Immediately after that affair Lady Wondershoot, casting about for exemplary additions to the abuse and fastings she had inflicted, issued a Ukase. She issued it first to her butler, and very suddenly, so that she made him jump. 1904, H. G. Wells, The Food of the Gods and How It Came to Earth
  2. Abstinence from food, limiting caloric intake, for medical or health reasons, dieting.
    an obese patient while he was undergoing fasting for weight reduction 17 November 1967, United States Navy Medical News Letter, volume 50, number 10, page 13

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