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fasting

/ˈfæstɪŋ/noun2 syllables

Fasting means: abstaining from food.

Synonyms for fasting1

noun, as in abstaining from food

fast

What does fasting mean?1

noun

1

abstaining from food

Definitions from the Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

What rhymes with fasting?5

three syllables

contrasting

four syllables

everlasting
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Fasting in a sentence

  • Your fasting, your not eating, that has been your great error.nadsat
  • He feasts before fasting and fasts before feasting.sabretou
  • Fasting helps the body cleanse and repair itself.Eccles17
  • Yanni began fasting at the age of ten.Amastan
  • You don't have to do all this praying and fasting.Amastan
  • Fasting without prayer and repentance is just dieting.AlanF_US
  • Yanni can't really imagine himself fasting for a whole month.Amastan
  • I've heard that fasting gives you bad body odor.CK

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Forms of fasting

as a noun

plural
fastings