The act of abstaining; a holding aloof.
declining to vote for or against a proposal
That is the correct spelling of "abstention" (withholding an action, as with a vote).
Operation Abstention happened on 1941-02-28.
Return to abstention.
No. It signifies no vote.
The Abstention.
Abstention from alcohol
Is it a yes, or no vote?
possibly abstain?
Abstention means:a voluntary decision not to act; the act of refraining or abstainingLaw / Parliamentary Procedure) the act of withholding one's voteThe act or habit of deliberate self-denial.
An abstention doctrine is a rule under which a federal court in the United States will decline to exercise jurisdiction over a lawsuit because the suit should be heard by a state court.
To abstain is to voluntarily not do something, to desist or go without. The opposite would be to carry out that action, to act. Abstention is often applied to someone not casting a vote, in this case it would be to vote.