• A motion passed overwhelmingly with no votes against and two abstentions was proposed jointly by Labour and the Conservatives.
• A show of hands resulted in 11 people voting to bring back the bells, with one vote against and six abstentions.
• This time the vote was 120 to 98, with six abstentions.

Synonyms

• But again, this would only be true if Crusoe's saving - i.e. his abstention from possible present consumption - had been channeled into investment in such tools.
• The disquieting voices of the few people who doubted that complete abstention was achievable for most problematic consumers were drowned out in a sea of treatment optimism.
• Existing treatments for alcoholism tend to concentrate either on abstention - sometimes aided by drugs - or the use of aversion therapy, such as drugs that make you ill if you drink.