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abstention
[ ab-sten-shuhn ]
abstention
/ əbˈstɛnʃən /
noun
- a voluntary decision not to act; the act of refraining or abstaining
- the act of withholding one's vote
Derived Forms
- abˈstentious, adjective
Other Words From
- ab·stentious adjective
- nonab·stention noun
- unab·stentious adjective
Word History and Origins
Origin of abstention1
Word History and Origins
Origin of abstention1
Example Sentences
For most of us, the best response to these risks is not complete abstention, but moderate and communal enjoyment of beer and wine.
Israel's ambassador to Germany, Yakov Hadas-Handelsmann, expressed his surprise about Germany's U.N. abstention.
In this circumstance, an abstention was unfavorable to Israel.
The total number of voters in Venezuela is 18 million, and 25 percent abstention is expected.
Coined the 'Janopause' by the Daily Mail, it requires just one month of abstention.
A second diplomat told the Daily Beast that a Chinese abstention may be "inevitable."
But M. Nicklauss, with his great experience of the world, deemed this almost general abstention of the fair sex unnatural.
He has not been there since, and the following pages will perhaps explain the reason of his abstention.
The abstention of a single sense from the coupling is enough to enfeeble the pleasure very greatly.
A total abstainer is one who abstains from everything but abstention, and especially from inactivity in the affairs of others.
If he were not going to build on the ground so carefully prepared, to what end this wariness and this abstention?
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