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Word: abstain (lookup usage) (lookup stats)


Meaning:

Verb:

  • intransitive Deliberately refrain from casting one's vote at a meeting where one is present.
  • intransitive Refrain from (something); hold one's self aloof; to forbear or keep from doing, especially an indulgence of the passions or appetites; -- with ''from''.
  • intransitive To shun voluntarily.
  • transitive Hinder; withhold.

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