absterged
v. C2 Proficiency ab·sterged
v. to stop doing something, especially something bad or harmful. It is an old-fashioned way to say you have given up a habit.
v. to refrain from an action or to cease a habitual practice. Often used in formal or literary contexts to describe the act of giving up a vice or a specific behavior.
He decided to absterged from smoking for good.
After years of heavy drinking, he finally managed to absterged from alcohol and found a new career.
The philosopher argued that true virtue requires not just the avoidance of vice, but the active absterged from all temptations that might lead one astray.