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abstention
English
Etymology
First attested in 1521. Borrowed from French abstention, from Late Latin abst?nti? from Latin abstin?? (“withhold, to abstain”)
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /?b?st?n.?n?/
- (US) IPA(key): /æb?st?n.?n?/, /?b?st?n.?n?/, /æb?st?n.t??n?/, /?b?st?n.t??n?/
Noun
abstention (countable and uncountable, plural abstentions)
- (obsolete) The act of restraining oneself. [Attested from the early 16th century until the med 17th century.]
- The act of abstaining; a holding aloof; refraining from. [First attested in the early 17th century.]
- The act of declining to vote on a particular issue. [First attested in the late 19th century.]
- Non-participation in the political world; as a country avoiding international affairs.
Derived terms
- abstentious
Translations
See also
- abstinence
References
French
Etymology
Borrowed from Late Latin abstenti?, abstenti?nem, from Latin abstentus, from abstine?.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ap.st??.sj??/
Noun
abstention f (plural abstentions)
- abstention
Related terms
- abstenir
- abstinence
Further reading
- “abstention” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
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