LekhoriLekhoriThe act of restraining oneself.
The act of abstaining or refraining (from).
abstention from alcohol
The act of declining to vote on a particular issue.
There were five abstentions in the vote.
First attested in 1521. Borrowed from French abstention, from Late Latin abstēntiō from Latin abstinēō (“withhold, to abstain”)
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