Abstention means:
That is the correct spelling of "abstention" (withholding an action, as with a vote).
Operation Abstention happened on 1941-02-28.
The Abstention.
Return to abstention.
No. It signifies no vote.
Abstention from alcohol
Is it a yes, or no vote?
declining to vote for or against a proposal
The act of abstaining; a holding aloof.
possibly abstain?
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.