|
|
 |
|
|
|
|
| ab·sten·tion [ əb sténsh'n ] (plural ab·sten·tions) |
noun |
|
| Definition: |
| |
1. not voting: a refusal to vote either for or against a proposal
|
2. not doing something: the deliberate choice not to do something
|
| [Early 16th century. < late Latin abstention-< Latin abstentus, past participle of abstinere (see abstain)] |
|
|
|
