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nounabstaining from food
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- ramadan the ninth month of the Islamic calendar; the month of fasting; the holiest period for the Islamic faith
- nonviolence peaceful resistance to a government by fasting or refusing to cooperate
- passive resistance peaceful resistance to a government by fasting or refusing to cooperate
- bulima nervosa a disorder of eating in which the person alternates between strong craving for food and aversion to food; characterized by excessive eating followed by periods of fasting or self-induced vomiting
- giovanni battista montini Italian pope from 1963 to 1978 who eased restrictions on fasting and on interfaith marriages (1897-1978)
- paul vi Italian pope from 1963 to 1978 who eased restrictions on fasting and on interfaith marriages (1897-1978)
- bulimarexia a disorder of eating in which the person alternates between strong craving for food and aversion to food; characterized by excessive eating followed by periods of fasting or self-induced vomiting
- binge-purge syndrome a disorder of eating in which the person alternates between strong craving for food and aversion to food; characterized by excessive eating followed by periods of fasting or self-induced vomiting
- ember day a day set aside for fasting and prayer
- nonviolent resistance peaceful resistance to a government by fasting or refusing to cooperate