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“abstentions”
1. Voluntarily doing without something: "The girl's abstention from chocolate was a choice she made because it was causing skin problems."
2. A refusal to vote either for or against a proposal: "The committee vote resulted in five ayes, ten nays, and four abstentions."
3. The deliberate choice of not doing something: "The abstention by the mayor during the vote resulted in the proposal being defeated."
2. A refusal to vote either for or against a proposal: "The committee vote resulted in five ayes, ten nays, and four abstentions."
3. The deliberate choice of not doing something: "The abstention by the mayor during the vote resulted in the proposal being defeated."
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a-, ab-, abs-
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ten-, tent-, tin-, -tain, -tainment, -tenance, -tinence
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-tion
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