abstention

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English

Etymology

First attested in 1521. Borrowed from French abstention, from Late Latin abstēntiō from Latin abstinēō (“withhold, to abstain”)

Pronunciation

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Noun

abstention (countable and uncountable, plural abstentions)

  1. (obsolete) The act of restraining oneself. [Attested from the early 16th century until the med 17th century.][1]
  2. The act of abstaining; a holding aloof; refraining from. [First attested in the early 17th century.][1]
  3. The act of declining to vote on a particular issue. [First attested in the late 19th century.][1]
  4. Non-participation in the political world; as a country avoiding international affairs.

Translations

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Lesley Brown, editor-in-chief, William R. Trumble and Angus Stevenson, editors (2002), “abstention”, in The Shorter Oxford English Dictionary on Historical Principles, 5th edition, Oxford, New York, N.Y.: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 9.

French

Etymology

Borrowed from Late Latin abstentiō, abstentiōnem, from Latin abstentus, from abstineō.

Pronunciation

Noun

abstention f (plural abstentions)

  1. abstention

Further reading

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