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abstain
[ ab-steyn ]
verb (used without object)
- to hold oneself back voluntarily, especially from something regarded as improper or unhealthy (usually followed by from ):
to abstain from eating meat.
Synonyms: , ,
Antonyms:
- to refrain from casting one's vote:
a referendum in which two delegates abstained.
abstain
/ əˈٱɪ /
verb
- to choose to refrain
he abstained from alcohol
- to refrain from voting, esp in a committee, legislature, etc
Derived Forms
- ˈٲԱ, noun
Other Word Forms
- ԴDza·ٲiԲ adjective
- v··ٲ verb (used without object)
Word History and Origins
Word History and Origins
Origin of abstain1
Example Sentences
Dozens of Labour MPs abstained in a vote on the amendment which was put forward by crossbench peer Lord Alton when the Great British Energy Bill was in the House of Lords.
With Reform UK currently on track to return its first MSPs at next year's Holyrood election, Kerr said his party may abstain on any vote to select the next first minister.
Its various definitions throughout the history of language make clear that, whether by going away, retreating from or abstaining from having to do with, to leave is, essentially, to allow to survive.
In June of 1990, he left Peru, vowing to “abstain” from electoral politics.
In the context of the US two-party system, they tend to abstain and withdraw from public life.
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