"abstain" meaning in All languages combined

See abstain on Wiktionary

Verb [English]

IPA: /əbˈsteɪn/ [UK], /əbˈsteɪn/ [US] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-abstain.wav [UK] Forms: abstain [canonical], abstains [third-person, singular], abstained [past], abstained [past, participle], abstaining [present, participle]
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  1. To abstain from something is to do without it or to keep yourself from doing it.
    Sense id: simple-abstain-en-verb-tMHj7Uil
     
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