Abstain

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  • intransitive verb. To keep oneself from doing, engaging in, or partaking of something; refrain.
  • intransitive verb. To refrain from voting.
    • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • To forbear or refrain voluntarily, especially from what gratifies the passions or appetites: used with from: as, to abstain from the use of ardent spirits; to abstain from luxuries.
  • To hinder; obstruct; debar; cause to keep away from: as, “abstain men from marrying,” Milton.
    • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • transitive verb. To hinder; to withhold.
  • intransitive verb. To hold one's self aloof; to forbear or refrain voluntarily, and especially from an indulgence of the passions or appetites; -- with from.
    • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • verb. choose not to consume
  • verb. refrain from voting
    • Word Usage
    "I will abstain from the use of and participation in any socialist goods and services including but not limited to the following:"
    Antonyms
    Words with the opposite meaning
    indulge  
    Form
    abstention  
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    forbear  refrain  
    Hyponym
    Words that are more specific
    avoid  fast  keep off  teetotal  
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    Alane  Aquitaine  Ayn  Bahrain  Biscayne  
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    abnegate  abstain from  avoid  constrain  cop out  
    verb-form
    abstained  abstaining  abstains  
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