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Abstained

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Word	Definition
refrainverb	(intransitive, with preposition "from") To stop oneself from some action or interference; to abstain; to eschew
desistverb	(ambitransitive, formal) To cease to proceed or act; to stop (often with from).
abstentionsnoun	The act of declining to vote on a particular issue.
declined	(botany) Directed obliquely.
failed	unsuccessful
forbearancenoun	Patient self-control; restraint and tolerance under provocation.
forborneverb	(intransitive) To control oneself when provoked.
optedverb	(intransitive) To choose; select.
refrainedverb	(intransitive, with preposition "from") To stop oneself from some action or interference; to abstain; to eschew
refused	(also known as the Refused) a Swedish hardcore punk band originating from Umeå and formed in 1991.
renouncedverb	(transitive) To give up, resign, surrender.
uncommitted	Not bound or pledged to a cause, party etc.
abstentionnoun	The act of declining to vote on a particular issue.
abstain from	—
abstentionistnoun	A practitioner or advocate of not getting involved politically.
abstentionismnoun	A policy of abstaining or of the desirability of withholding one's vote or other participation with regard to some aspect of the political process.
abstinencesnoun	The act or practice of abstaining, refraining from indulging a desire or appetite.
abstainersnoun	One who abstains; especially, one who abstains from something, such as the use of alcohol or drugs, or one who abstains for religious reasons; one who practices self-denial.
abstinent	Refraining from indulgence, especially from the indulgence of appetite.
abstinencenoun	The act or practice of abstaining, refraining from indulging a desire or appetite.