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- ABSTAIN Definition Meaning - Merriam-Webster
The meaning of ABSTAIN is to choose not to do or have something : to refrain deliberately and often with an effort of self-denial from an action or practice How to use abstain in a sentence Did you know?
- Abstaining - definition of abstaining by The Free Dictionary
To keep oneself from doing, engaging in, or partaking of something; refrain: abstain from partisan political rhetoric; abstain from drinking alcohol 2 To refrain from voting: Forty senators voted in favor of the bill, 45 voted against it, and 15 abstained
- ABSTAINING | English meaning - Cambridge Dictionary
ABSTAINING definition: 1 present participle of abstain 2 to not do something, especially something enjoyable that you… Learn more
- abstain verb - Definition, pictures, pronunciation and usage notes . . .
Definition of abstain verb from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary abstain (from something) to choose not to use a vote, either in favour of or against something Ten people voted in favour, five against and two abstained Want to learn more?
- ABSTAIN Definition Meaning | Dictionary. com
to hold oneself back voluntarily, especially from something regarded as improper or unhealthy (usually followed by from ) to abstain from eating meat to refrain from casting one's vote a referendum in which two delegates abstained
- Abstinence - Wikipedia
Abstinence is the practice of self-enforced restraint from indulging in bodily activities that are widely experienced as giving pleasure Most frequently, the term refers to sexual abstinence, but it can also mean abstinence from alcohol, drugs, food, or other comforts [1]
- ABSTAIN definition and meaning | Collins English Dictionary
If you abstain from something, usually something you want to do, you deliberately do not do it Abstain from sex or use condoms [VERB + from] Do you drink alcohol, smoke, or abstain? [VERB] If you abstain during a vote, you do not use your vote Three Conservative MPs abstained in the vote [VERB] Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner’s Dictionary
- Abstain - Definition, Meaning Synonyms | Vocabulary. com
Roots of the word abstain are from the 14th-century French, "to withhold oneself," and the word often refers to people who hold themselves back from indulging in habits that are bad for them, physically or morally
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