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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 | English meaning - Cambridge Dictionary
ABSTAINING definition: 1 present participle of abstain 2 to not do something, especially something enjoyable that you… Learn more
- ABSTAIN Definition Meaning | Dictionary. com
Abstain definition: to hold oneself back voluntarily, especially from something regarded as improper or unhealthy (usually followed byfrom ) See examples of ABSTAIN used in a sentence
- 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
- abstain verb - Definition, pictures, pronunciation and usage notes . . .
abstain (from something) to decide not to do or have something, especially something you like or enjoy, because it is bad for your health or considered morally wrong abstain (from something) (Indian English) to stay away from something The workers who abstained from work yesterday have been suspended
- 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 | Britannica Dictionary
I need to abstain from eating [=I need to not eat] for at least 12 hours before my blood test Ten members voted for the proposal, six members voted against it, and two abstained
- 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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