abstained in the Oxford-Hachette French Dictionary

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He contracts a fever and his doctor tells him that to heal he must abstain from smoking.
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The word is also used in humorous sense to mean abstaining from work.
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On his return home, in 1851, he abstained from all political movements.
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This time he tries to abstain from alcohol.
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Actors who do not believe the superstition will sometimes abstain out of politeness to those that do.
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In other words, in order to act on taqwa, one must abstain from sin.
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Men were to abstain from alcohol and tobacco, and women were to be strictly secluded.
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The central committee voted overwhelmingly for his dismissal: 106 members voted for his expulsion, eight voted against, and 18 abstained.
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The minutes shall record the number of delegates voting for, voting against and abstaining.
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This policy was however challenged by the communists, which claimed that the workers' sport movement could not abstain from taking part in revolutionary struggle.
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