āĻ āύā§āϏāύā§āϧāĻžāύ āĻāϰā§āύ
āĻ āĻāĻŋāϧāĻžāύā§āϰ āĻāĻžāώāĻž āύāĻŋāϰā§āĻŦāĻžāĻāύ āĻāϰā§āύ
āĻāĻĒāύāĻžāϰ āĻāĻžāώāĻž āύāĻŋāϰā§āĻŦāĻžāĻāύ āĻāϰā§āύ
to abstain
01
āĻŦāĻŋāϰāϤ āĻĨāĻžāĻāĻž, āĻāĻĄāĻŧāĻŋāϝāĻŧā§ āĻāϞāĻž
to avoid doing something, especially something that one enjoys
Transitive: to abstain from sth
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
She has abstained from using social media since last week to focus on her studies.
āϏ⧠āĻāϤ āϏāĻĒā§āϤāĻžāĻš āĻĨā§āĻā§ āϤāĻžāϰ āĻĒāĻĄāĻŧāĻžāĻļā§āύāĻžāϝāĻŧ āĻĢā§āĻāĻžāϏ āĻāϰāϤ⧠āϏā§āĻļā§āϝāĻžāϞ āĻŽāĻŋāĻĄāĻŋāϝāĻŧāĻž āĻŦā§āϝāĻŦāĻšāĻžāϰ āĻĨā§āĻā§ āĻĻā§āϰ⧠āĻĨāĻžāĻāĻā§āĨ¤
02
āĻŦāĻŋāϰāϤ āĻĨāĻžāĻāĻž
to choose not to vote on a particular matter, issue, or proposal
Intransitive
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
In the town hall debate, some audience members chose to abstain.
āĻāĻžāĻāύ āĻšāϞ āĻŦāĻŋāϤāϰā§āĻā§, āĻāĻŋāĻā§ āĻļā§āϰā§āϤāĻž āĻā§āĻ āĻĻāĻŋāϤ⧠āĻ
āϏā§āĻŦā§āĻāĻžāϰ āĻāϰāĻžāϰ āϏāĻŋāĻĻā§āϧāĻžāύā§āϤ āύāĻŋāϝāĻŧā§āĻā§āĨ¤
āĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻāϤāĻžāϤā§āϤā§āĻŦāĻŋāĻ āĻāĻžāĻ
abstainer
abstemious
abstinence
abstain
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