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You would normally say abstention. 'The committee voted 5 for the motion, 3 against, with 2 abstentions.' Abstaining is also a noun. Abstinence is also connected, but is a more general condition, meaning not doing something for a long stretch of time.

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Most athletes abstain from smoking cirgarettes.

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The abstract noun forms of the verb to abstain are abstention, abstinence, and the gerund, abstaining.

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Abstinence.

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abstentious

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