abstention
nounEtymology
First attested in 1521. Borrowed from French abstention, from Late Latin abstēntiō from Latin abstinēō (“withhold, to abstain”)
- derived from abstinēō
- derived from abstēntiō
- borrowed from abstention
Definitions
The act of restraining oneself.
The act of abstaining or refraining (from).
- abstention from alcohol
- abstention from sex
The act of declining to vote on a particular issue.
- There were five abstentions in the vote.
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Non-participation in the political world
Non-participation in the political world; as a country avoiding international affairs.
The neighborhood
- neighborabstinence
Vish — recursive loop
A definitional loop anchored at abstention. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.
A definitional loop anchored at abstention. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.
8 hops · closes at abstention
curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.
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