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abstain English

Meaning abstain meaning

What does abstain mean?
Definitions in simple English

abstain Verb

— To abstain from something is to do without it or to keep yourself from doing it. If you abstain from eating candy, you will not be so fat.

abstain

— verb refrain from voting — verb choose not to consume I abstain from alcohol

Synonyms abstain synonyms

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abstain English » English

refrain fast desist forbear restrain oneself refrain from avoid stop starve restrain moderate forgo forego eschew diet deny cease withhold tolerate tighten temperate teetotal suppress stand off spare sever scorn refuse reduce quit practice abstinence omit keep oneself keep away hold back hold give up get rid of free forebear do without deny oneself decline cut off control oneself check be temperate be abstemious absent abnegate

Topics abstain topics

What do people use abstain to talk about?
Person Life Sexual relations

Virginity
Social behavior Behavior

Self-controlled

Conjugation abstain conjugation

How do you conjugate abstain?

abstain · verb

Examples abstain examples

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Simple sentences

He was told to abstain from drinking by the doctor.
Tom was told to abstain from smoking and drinking.
Can you abstain from smoking for a week?
The doctor advised him to abstain from drinking.
The doctor has ordered the patient to abstain from wine.
My father tries to abstain from drinking.
I had to abstain from smoking while I was in the hospital.
I abstain.

Movie subtitles

I would appreciate if you abstain from any kind of familiarity.
I'll abstain.
I'm afraid I've to abstain, Sir Arthur.
I wrote, advising her to abstain from meddling in the affairs of state.
Abstain, for the rest of our lives?
I abstain.
Naturally. - But I gather the PM wants us to abstain.
They want us to abstain.
The Americans want us to abstain.
But I gave express instructions to abstain.
I told them to abstain.
Let's abstain for the time being.
Why you cannot relent, or repent, or confess, or abstain?
I'll abstain in honour of your last hour on board.
I want just to abstain from myself, Honneg.
We must after it on lhre unfortunately irregular services abstain.
And as research scientists, you and Paula are free to abstain entirely from this operation if you so wish.
It would be appreciated if certain Ladies would abstain from their barbaric customs in the future.
That go for Mr. Bartholomew, or did he plan to abstain from this little peace party?
America is worried. They want us to abstain.
In short, we decided to abstain!
It is wise to abstain than be sorry.
So lights out at 7:30. and abstain from coffee, tea and cola drinks.
If you can 't postpone the meeting, I am authorized by the subcommittee.. to tell you to abstain.
For the first three days after marriage, the girl and the boy should abstain from sexual pleasures.
They tell them to abstain from sex.
Can someone explain to me why the Bajorans need to abstain from worldly pleasures for an entire month?
You call a lame-duck session now, and I've got to abstain.
Tony Marino's gonna abstain, huh?
I think you're making a wise decision to abstain from the job.
Level 1 instructs women to abstain from men altogether so they'll stop thinking that the pleasures experienced during the sex act are related to love.
Perhaps it would be my be interest to abstain until receiving clearance from higher up.

News and current affairs

Germany is too big to abstain from leadership in Europe.
The NPT - a bedrock of peace for more than three decades - is based on a political agreement between nuclear and non-nuclear states: the latter abstain from obtaining nuclear weapons, while the former destroy their arsenals.
Some are calling for Fatah leaders to abstain from ministerial roles, whereas others see no reason why one can't be a leader of a party and the government simultaneously.
Colombia has said that it plans to abstain.
Recently, during the vote on Palestinian representation at the United Nations, the EU called for its members to abstain - an odd way to affirm Europe's commitment to global leadership.
No one believes that such an edifice can be detached from the government, or that he will abstain from taking part in his wife's decisions as president.
Most people abstain from such provocations not because they are cowards, but because they believe, quite reasonably, that such behavior serves no good or useful purpose.
But it is a dangerous sentiment for governments to hold. Choice is the essence of governance, and to abstain from it - for whatever reason - is to shirk responsibility.
Europe's main power could no longer claim a special role within NATO and abstain from all military operations beyond its territory.
Choice is the essence of governance, and to abstain from it - for whatever reason - is to shirk responsibility.

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