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abstain

ab·stain [ əb stáyn ] (past and past participle ab·stained, present participle ab·stain·ing, 3rd person present singular ab·stains)


intransitive verb 
Definition:
 
1. not vote: not to vote for or against a proposal when a vote is held

2. refrain from something: to choose not to do something

[14th century. Via Old French abstenir< Latin abstinere "hold yourself away" < tenere "hold"]

ab·stain·er noun
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