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abstain

(æbsteɪn)
Word forms: 3rd person singular presenttense abstains, present participle abstaining, past tense, past participle abstained
1. verb
If you abstain from something, usually something you want to do, you deliberately do not do it.
[formal]
Abstain from sex or use condoms. [VERB + from]
Do you drink alcohol, smoke, or abstain? [VERB]
2. verb
If you abstain during a vote, you do not use your vote.
Three Conservative MPs abstained in the vote. [VERB]

abstain in British English

(əbˈsteɪn)
verb (intransitive; usually foll by from)
1. 
to choose to refrain
he abstained from alcohol
2. 
to refrain from voting, esp in a committee, legislature, etc
Derived forms
abstainer (abˈstainer)
noun
Word origin
C14: via Old French from Latin abstinēre, from abs- ab-1 + tenēre to hold, keep

abstain in American English

(æbˈsteɪn; əbˈsteɪn)
verb intransitive
to hold oneself back; voluntarily do without; refrain (from)
to abstain from smoking
SIMILAR WORDS:  reˈfrain
Derived forms
abstainer (abˈstainer)
noun
Word origin
ME absteinen < OFr abstenir < L abstinere, to hold back < ab(s)-, from + tenere, to hold: see tenant

Examples of 'abstain' in a sentence
abstain

She advised:'It would seem prudent for women trying to become pregnant to abstain from alcohol.
The Sun (2016)
He also abstained from alcohol on religious grounds.
Times, Sunday Times (2013)
Those who abstained or voted no were counted as having voted yes.
Michael Burleigh Earthly Powers: Religion and Politics in Europe from the Enlightenment to the GreatWar (2005)
He has abstained from drinking for three months and looks in great shape.
Times, Sunday Times (2015)
Many older adolescents and many adults abstain from alcohol, too.
Steinberg, Laurence & Levine, Ann You and Your Adolescent: A Parents' Guide for Ages 10 to 20 (1990)
They have all vowed to abstain from drinking tea, coffee and alcohol.
Times, Sunday Times (2012)
A further 5 per cent of shareholders abstained on the vote.
Times, Sunday Times (2011)
About 8.5 per cent of investors either abstained or voted against his re-election to the board.
Times, Sunday Times (2012)
In May last year, the government changed its advice to recommend that pregnant women abstain from drinking.
Times, Sunday Times (2008)
Unless you abstain from drinking fizz all day, it's inevitable your lip colour will lose its vibrancy.
The Sun (2015)
Part of the calculation is that a broader resolution might help to persuade Russia and China to abstain rather than use their veto in a vote.
Times, Sunday Times (2011)

In other languages
abstain

British English: abstain VERB
If you abstain from something, usually something you want to do, you deliberately do not do it.
Abstain from sex or use condoms.
  • American English: abstain
  • Brazilian Portuguese: abster-se
  • Chinese: 对…节制
  • European Spanish: abstenerse
  • French: s'abstenir
  • German: sich der Stimme enthalten
  • Italian: astenersi
  • Japanese: 控える
  • Korean: 자제하다
  • European Portuguese: abster-se
  • Latin American Spanish: abstenerse

Chinese translation of 'abstain'

abstain

(əbˈsteɪn)

vi

  1. (in vote) 弃(棄)权(權) (qìquán)
  2. to abstain from eating/drinking 节(節)制饮(飲)食/戒酒 (jiézhì yǐnshí/jièjiǔ)
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