abstention

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun

The act of restraining oneself.
The act of abstaining or refraining (from).
The act of declining to vote on a particular issue.
Non-participation in the political world; as a country avoiding international affairs.

/əbˈstɛn.ʃn̩/ /æbˈstɛn.ʃn̩/ /æbˈstɛn.t͡ʃn̩/ /əbˈstɛn.t͡ʃn̩/ en-us-abstention.ogg

abstention abstentions

First attested in 1521. Borrowed from French abstention, from Late Latin abstēntiō from Latin abstinēō (“withhold, to abstain”)

abstinence

abstention doctrine abstentionism abstentionist abstentious nonabstention

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