different between recusal vs abstention

English

Etymology

recuse +? -al

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /???kju?z?l/

Noun

recusal (countable and uncountable, plural recusals)

1. An act of recusing; removing oneself from a decision/judgment because of a conflict of interest.

Related terms

• recuse
• recusant
• recusancy

Anagrams

• Clauser, cesural, secular

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)

1. (obsolete) The act of restraining oneself. [Attested from the early 16^th century until the med 17^th century.]
2. The act of abstaining; a holding aloof; refraining from. [First attested in the early 17^th century.]
3. The act of declining to vote on a particular issue. [First attested in the late 19^th century.]
4. 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)

1. abstention

Related terms

• abstenir
• abstinence

Further reading

• “abstention” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).