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📖 Определения и значения для слова abstention

📒 an act of choosing not to use a vote either in favour of or against something

  • The voting was 15 in favour, 3 against and 2 abstentions.
  • Voter abstention is seen as the only real form of dissent in elections.

📒 the act of not allowing yourself to have or do something fun or something that is considered bad

  • The Church insisted on abstention from all luxuries.
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