abstention
Meaning of abstention
- an instance of declining to vote for or against a proposal or motion.
a resolution passed by 126 votes to none, with six abstentions
- restraint in one's consumption; abstinence.
alcohol consumption versus abstention
early 16th century (denoting the action of keeping back or restraining): from late Latin abstentio(n- ), from the verb abstinere (see abstain).
Information about abstention
- It is a name.
- The plural form of abstention is: abstentions.
- Languages in which abstention is used:
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Hyphenation of abstention
ab-sten-tion
- It consists of 3 syllables and 10 chars.
- abstention is a word trisyllabic because it has three syllables
abstention synonyms
Meaning abstinence:
Meaning restrain oneself from doing or enjoying something:
Meaning abstinence from alcoholic drink:
Meaning the state of being sober:
Meaning the state of abstaining from marriage and sexual relations:
Meaning the state or practice of refraining from extramarital, or especially from all, sexual intercourse:
Meaning the ability to control movements of the bowels and bladder:
Meaning the state of never having had sexual intercourse:
Meaning stop oneself from doing something:
Meaning stop doing something; cease or abstain:
Meaning patient and restrained:
Meaning the action or fact of owning, maintaining, or protecting something:
Meaning refusal to give something that is due or desired:
Meaning becoming smaller, fewer, or less; decreasing:
Meaning persistently avoid, ignore, or reject (someone or something) through antipathy or caution:
Meaning go without (something desirable):
abstention antonyms
Meaning the fact or state of being promiscuous:
Translation of abstention
- French: abstention
- German: Enthaltung
- Italian: astensione
- Portuguese: abstenção
- Spanish: abstención
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