abstain
v. avoid; refrain from | ||||
Search Dictionary:
Abstain definition was found in categories: Language, Idioms & Slang(6) Medicine(1) Encyclopedia(1)
Abstain Definition from Language, Idioms & Slang Dictionaries & Glossaries
| Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) |
Abstain
(v. t.)
To hinder; to withhold.
(v. i.)
To hold one's self aloof; to forbear or refrain voluntarily, and especially from an indulgence of the passions or appetites; -- with from.
(v. t.)
To hinder; to withhold.
(v. i.)
To hold one's self aloof; to forbear or refrain voluntarily, and especially from an indulgence of the passions or appetites; -- with from.
| WordNet 2.0 |
abstain
Verb
1. refrain from voting
(hypernym) refrain, forbear
2. choose no to consume; "I abstain from alcohol"
(synonym) refrain, desist
(antonym) consume, ingest, take in, take, have
(hyponym) fast
(derivation) abstinence, abstention
Verb
1. refrain from voting
(hypernym) refrain, forbear
2. choose no to consume; "I abstain from alcohol"
(synonym) refrain, desist
(antonym) consume, ingest, take in, take, have
(hyponym) fast
(derivation) abstinence, abstention
| hEnglish - advanced version |
abstain
abstain
absque hoc \abs"que hoc\ (&?;). [l., without this.] (law) the technical words of denial used in traversing what has been alleged, and is repeated.
abstain
absque hoc \abs"que hoc\ (&?;). [l., without this.] (law) the technical words of denial used in traversing what has been alleged, and is repeated.
| for Vocabulary Exams of KPDS, YDS,UDS (in Turkey); and SAT in America |
abstain
To keep oneself back (from doing or using something).
To keep oneself back (from doing or using something).
| Concise English-Irish Dictionary v. 1.1 |
abstain
abstain from: seachnaim, staonaim ó
abstain from: seachnaim, staonaim ó
| JM Welsh <=> English Dictionary |
Cydymattal
Cydymattal = to abstain mutually
Cydymattal = to abstain mutually
Dirwestu
Dirwestu = v. to abstain, to fast
Dymgadw
Dymgadw = v. to abstain
Abstain Definition from Medicine Dictionaries & Glossaries
| Dictionary of Medicine (Shahram) |
abstain
verb
not to do something voluntarily; he abstained from taking any drugs for two months; they decided to abstain from sexual intercourse
verb
not to do something voluntarily; he abstained from taking any drugs for two months; they decided to abstain from sexual intercourse
Abstain Definition from Encyclopedia Dictionaries & Glossaries
| Wikipedia English - The Free Encyclopedia |
Abstention
Abstention is a term in election procedure for when a participant in a vote either does not go to vote (on election day) or, in parliamentary procedure, is present during the vote, but does not cast a ballot. Abstention must be contrasted with "blank vote", in which a participant in a vote cast a deliberately unlegitimate vote (drawing pictures on the ballot, etc.) or in which he simply casts a blank vote: a "blank (or white) voter" has voted, although his vote may be considered a spoilt vote, depending on each legislation, while an abstentionnist hasn't voted. Both forms (abstention and blank vote) may or may not, depending on the circumstances, be considered as protest vote.
| See more at Wikipedia.org... |