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    [Noun]  | "ab*sten*tion" | \ əb-ˈsten(t)-shən \


    1: the act or practice of abstaining: such as

    2: the act or practice of choosing not to do or have something

    3: a formal refusal to vote on something


    Origin: 1521 ;

     Borrowed from Late Latin abstentiōn-, abstentiō, from Latin absten-, variant stem of abstinēre "to {see: |abstain|abstain}" + -tiōn-, -tiō, suffix of action nouns;

    [Adjective]  | "abstentious" 


    1: given to or marked by restraint in the satisfaction of one's appetites;


      * e.g., " ... abstentious by nature, she eats only to satisfy actual hunger—never just for the sake of eating "





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