Abstain Mnemonic
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abstain
abstain
/əbˈsteɪn/
deny oneself
forbear
give up
refrain
relinquish
withhold
Examples
- In the end, he abstained from voting on the matter.
- Of the votes to abstain, one expressed an interest in the topic.
- He attended the no confidence vote only to abstain from the vote in person.
- But few of the infidels are total abstainers.
- Russia opposed and the rest abstained.
- In the meantime, please abstain from editing the article.
- The members of the Council should abstain from partisanship.
- In fact, I'm a little queasy that it's getting three abstains.
- In the case of the genealogy, I have to abstain due to ignorance.
- We abstain to decide and let the reader the facts and meanings.
refrain from voting
verb
choose not to consume
verb
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"Abs + Train. Abs are strong; refuse the sugar train."
"Abs + Train. Exercise your willpower to abstain and refrain."
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