Abstain
21abstain — verb 1) Benjamin abstained from wine Syn: refrain from, desist from, hold back from, forbear; give up, renounce, avoid, shun, eschew, forgo, go without, do without; refuse, decline; informal cut out; formal abjure Ant …
22abstain — ab•stain [[t]æbˈsteɪn[/t]] v. i. 1) to refrain voluntarily, esp. from something regarded as improper or unhealthy (usu. fol. by from): to abstain from eating meat[/ex] 2) gov to refrain from casting one s vote: Two delegates abstained[/ex] •… …
23abstain — Kē, ho okā oko a. ♦ To abstain from voting, kānalua …
24abstain from — index avoid (evade), cease, forgo Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …
25abstain from inserting — index omit Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …
26abstain from recognizing — index ignore Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …
27abstain from — restrain oneself from doing something. → abstain …
28abstain — verb /əbˈsteɪn/ a) Refrain from (something); hold ones self aloof; to forbear or keep from doing, especially an indulgence of the passions or appetites; with from. , Not a few abstained from voting. b) To shun voluntarily …
29abstain — ab·stain əb stān, ab vi to refrain deliberately and often with an effort of self denial from an action or practice (as consumption of a food or a drug or indulgence in sexual intercourse) ab·stain·er n …
30abstain — [14] The literal meaning of this word’s ultimate source, Latin abstinēre, was ‘hold or keep away’, and hence ‘withhold’ (the root verb, tenēre, produced many other derivatives in English, such as contain, maintain, obtain, and retain, as well as… …
