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Abstain /əbˈsteɪn/

📖 Verb 🔥 common

Definitions

📝 Restrain oneself from doing or enjoying something.

🇮🇳 बचना / परहेज करना

💡 Simple: To choose not to do something.

He chose to abstain from drinking alcohol.

📝 Formally decline to vote either for or against a proposal or motion.

🇮🇳 वोट न देना

💡 Simple: Not voting.

Ten people voted in favor, five against, and two abstained.

🔄 Word Forms

abstention (noun) abstinence (noun)

✅ Synonyms

❌ Antonyms

🔗 Collocations

abstain from totally abstain decide to abstain

🔀 Related Words

📍 Usage Context

Health, religion, and politics.

📚 Grammar Notes

Usually followed by the preposition 'from'.

From Latin 'abstinere', meaning 'to hold back'.

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