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abstention [əbˈstenʃən] N
1. abstention no pl (not indulging):
abstention
abstention from alcohol
2. abstention no pl (not voting):
abstention
3. abstention (vote neither for nor against):
abstention
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The autopsy in the private nursing house certified the death was caused by the last days' abstention from food.
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The fifth and last resolution was adopted with 98 votes in favour, 1 vote against and 7 abstentions.
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Less than a year later the guidance document was approved by 1,572 votes against 1,325, with 66 abstentions.
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This was followed by a vote of 369-290, with eight abstentions, for the church to pursue positive investment in the territories.
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The church required abstention from the eating of meat or drinking of alcohol.
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