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/ɐbstˈe‍ÉĒn/

āχāĻ‚āϰ⧇āϜāĻŋāϤ⧇ "abstain"āĻāϰ āϏāĻ‚āĻœā§āĻžāĻž āĻ“ āĻ…āĻ°ā§āĻĨ

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āĻŦāĻŋāϰāϤ āĻĨāĻžāĻ•āĻž, āĻāĻĄāĻŧāĻŋāϝāĻŧ⧇ āϚāϞāĻž

to avoid doing something, especially something that one enjoys
Transitive: to abstain from sth
to abstain definition and meaning
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
She has abstained from using social media since last week to focus on her studies.
āϏ⧇ āĻ—āϤ āϏāĻĒā§āϤāĻžāĻš āĻĨ⧇āϕ⧇ āϤāĻžāϰ āĻĒāĻĄāĻŧāĻžāĻļā§‹āύāĻžāϝāĻŧ āĻĢā§‹āĻ•āĻžāϏ āĻ•āϰāϤ⧇ āϏ⧋āĻļā§āϝāĻžāϞ āĻŽāĻŋāĻĄāĻŋāϝāĻŧāĻž āĻŦā§āϝāĻŦāĻšāĻžāϰ āĻĨ⧇āϕ⧇ āĻĻā§‚āϰ⧇ āĻĨāĻžāĻ•āϛ⧇āĨ¤
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āĻŦāĻŋāϰāϤ āĻĨāĻžāĻ•āĻž

to choose not to vote on a particular matter, issue, or proposal
Intransitive
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
In the town hall debate, some audience members chose to abstain.
āϟāĻžāωāύ āĻšāϞ āĻŦāĻŋāϤāĻ°ā§āϕ⧇, āĻ•āĻŋāϛ⧁ āĻļā§āϰ⧋āϤāĻž āĻ­ā§‹āϟ āĻĻāĻŋāϤ⧇ āĻ…āĻ¸ā§āĻŦā§€āĻ•āĻžāϰ āĻ•āϰāĻžāϰ āϏāĻŋāĻĻā§āϧāĻžāĻ¨ā§āϤ āύāĻŋāϝāĻŧ⧇āϛ⧇āĨ¤

āĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻāϤāĻžāĻ¤ā§āĻ¤ā§āĻŦāĻŋāĻ• āĻ—āĻžāĻ›

abstainer
abstemious
abstinence
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