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Word: abstain
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Meaning:
Verb:
- intransitive Deliberately refrain from casting one's vote at a meeting where one is present.
- intransitive Refrain from (something); hold one's self aloof; to forbear or keep from doing, especially an indulgence of the passions or appetites; -- with ''from''.
- intransitive To shun voluntarily.
- transitive Hinder; withhold.
Source: Wiktionary
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