also: ものたち
noun
abstinence; giving up something
Refers to voluntarily abstaining from something, often for religious, health, or personal discipline reasons. Commonly used in contexts like fasting from food or giving up a habit.
健康のために甘い物の物断ちを始めた。
I started giving up sweets for my health.
彼は修行の一環として物断ちを行っている。
He practices abstinence as part of his training.
Compound of 物 (もの, thing) and 断ち (たち, cutting off, from 断つ). The reading ものだち is a rendaku form.