bindindi

Icelandic

Etymology

From að binda sig við eitthvað (“to restrict oneself to something” or “to commit oneself to something”), compare að skuldbinda sig (“to commit oneself to something”).

Noun

bindindi n (genitive singular bindindis, no plural)

1. abstinence, abstaining from doing something, usually in particular abstaining from drinking alcohol

Declension

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Derived terms

• bindindisfélag (“an association for people who abstain from alcohol”)
• bindindismaður (“person who abstains from alcohol”)
• bindindissamur (“abstinent, ascetic”)
• áfengisbindindi (“abstinence from alcohol”)
• vínbindindi (“abstinence from alcohol”)
• þagnarbindindi (“temporary vow of silence”)