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| ab·stain [ əb stáyn ] (past and past participle ab·stained, present participle ab·stain·ing, 3rd person present singular ab·stains) |
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1. not vote: not to vote for or against a proposal when a vote is held
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2. refrain from something: to choose not to do something
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| [14th century. Via Old French abstenir< Latin abstinere "hold yourself away" < tenere "hold"] |
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 ab·stain·er noun |
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