abstention
n. act of abstaining, act of refraining, self denial; act of refraining from voting | ||||
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Abstention Definition from Language, Idioms & Slang Dictionaries & Glossaries
| Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) |
Abstention
(a.)
The act of abstaining; a holding aloof.
(a.)
The act of abstaining; a holding aloof.
| WordNet 2.0 |
abstention
Noun
1. the trait of abstaining (especially from alcohol)
(synonym) abstinence
(hypernym) self-discipline, self-denial
(derivation) abstain, refrain, desist
Noun
1. the trait of abstaining (especially from alcohol)
(synonym) abstinence
(hypernym) self-discipline, self-denial
(derivation) abstain, refrain, desist
| hEnglish - advanced version |
abstention
abstention
\ab*sten"tion\ (&?;), a. [f. see abstain.] the act of abstaining; a holding aloof. taylor.
abstention
\ab*sten"tion\ (&?;), a. [f. see abstain.] the act of abstaining; a holding aloof. taylor.
| Glossary of Parliamentary Procedure |
abstention
Refusal to vote either for or against a motion. Members are not obliged to vote and the records of the House take no official notice of such a refusal; a list of paired Members is appended if necessary to every division list in the Journals and Debates.
Compare: pairing.
Refusal to vote either for or against a motion. Members are not obliged to vote and the records of the House take no official notice of such a refusal; a list of paired Members is appended if necessary to every division list in the Journals and Debates.
Compare: pairing.
Abstention 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.
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