abstention

Estimated CEFR level: C2 — Proficiency

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

Definition

First attested in 1521. Borrowed from French abstention, from Late Latin abstēntiō from Latin abstinēō (“withhold, to abstain”)

This time there were no abstentions. — The Bravest of the Brave — or, with Peterborough in Spain, G. A. (George Alfred) Henty
His very abstention made me more suspicious. — The Big Four, Agatha Christie
We cannot find that Malthus ever advocated such abstention. — A history of economic doctrines : $b from the time of the physiocrats to the present day, Charles Gide

abstinence

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