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abstention

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)]
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