abstain in the Oxford-Paravia Italian Dictionary

abstain in the PONS Dictionary

abstain Examples from the PONS Dictionary (editorially verified)

to abstain from (doing) sth
astenersi da (l fare) qc

Monolingual examples (not verified by PONS Editors)

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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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The minutes shall record the number of delegates voting for, voting against and abstaining.
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Swan was later found to have broken a pledge made by the playing group to abstain from drinking alcohol for the remainder of the season.
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He also, to share in some of his people's suffering, abstained from meat for a year.
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The next day parliament voted 180-8 (8 abstained and 44 were absent) to accept the government's resignation.
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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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The teams discipline was exemplary and the fact that most players abstained from alcoholic drink demonstrates their blinkered commitment.
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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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This time he tries to abstain from alcohol.
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They were told they would have to abstain from alcohol for a year before he would be considered.
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