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Abstention meaning
The act of restraining oneself. | The act of abstaining or refraining (from). | The act of declining to vote on a particular issue.
Synonyms of Abstention
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India’s foreign minister, Subrahmanyam Jaishankar, sought to justify India’s abstention.
More than 100 people attended a pro-Palestine protest outside a fundraiser for East MP Matt Rodda, with demonstrators saying that his "unforgivable" abstention from a ceasefire vote would lose him votes at the election.
One course, titled “Ethnic Studies: World Geography,” passed by a margin of three votes in favor and one abstention; the other, “History 10 Ethnic Studies World Histories Course,” passed unanimously.
The absence of a board member in July provided a political opportunity for Ratcliff and his partner-in-abstention, Conte, to quash the vote and to delay paying the bills.
The abstention drew disapproval from around the council chamber.
The ordinance did not address abstention.
We’re almost done with Dry January, a transatlantic experiment in abstention that started a decade ago in the United Kingdom.
After a heated debate between Labour and Conservative members, the Labour amendment was defeated, receiving 13 votes for, 37 votes against and one abstention.
After more than 90 minutes' debate, the committee voted to approve the plans by six votes to one, with one abstention.
In the lead-up to Saturday, his backers and rivals all urged Algerians to come out and vote after boycotts and high abstention rates in previous elections marred the government's ability to claim popular support.
The committee was refused by nine votes to two with one abstention.
Also, a partial analysis could focus on the abstention of an important part of the opposition.
On appeal, the Second Circuit the district court’s application of abstention because the case was brought by a sitting president.
Sanchez he is counting on the abstention of Catalan separatist party ERC’s 13 lawmakers in order to take office for a second term.
Super League clubs yesterday voted against allowing the Wolfpack returning to the competition for 2021, by eight votes to four with one abstention.
The City Council voted 3-2 in favor of the project with one abstention.
The omnibus bill passed with eight votes in favor and one abstention from Councilmember Cheryl Davila, who had proposed a 50% cut for the 2021 budget.
After a session held on Thursday lasting over three hours, the Chamber of Deputies approved a bill in this regard with 222 votes in favor and one abstention.
Later the same day, the Indian Parliament's upper house voted 125-61, with one abstention, for the bifurcation of the state of Jammu and Kashmir.
The acting premier was also expected to meet other political formations on Tuesday, among them ERC (The Republican Left of Catalonia), whose abstention is essential to allow the investiture of Sánchez and the unlocking of the current political stalemate.