verb [V] ~ (from sth)
1 to choose not to use a vote, either in favour of or against sth:
Ten people voted in favour, five against and two abstained.
2 to decide not to do sth, especially sth you like or enjoy, because it is bad for your health or considered morally wrong:
to abstain from alcohol / sex / drugs
seealsoABSTINENCE, ABSTENTION
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This is a English–English dictionary entry.
Sourced from Main Dictionary in Lughet's collection.
This word also appears under other sources in Lughet's collection — see the list below.
This entry for abstain is sourced from Main Dictionary, one of the dictionaries and corpora merged into Lughet.
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