transcription, транскрипция: [ æbsteɪn ]
( abstains, abstaining, abstained)
1.
If you abstain from something, usually something you want to do, you deliberately do not do it. ( FORMAL )
Abstain from sex or use condoms...
Do you drink alcohol, smoke, or abstain?
VERB : V from n , V
2.
If you abstain during a vote, you do not use your vote.
Three Conservative MPs abstained in the vote.
VERB : V