Synonyms for Abstention:

• n.

  •abstention (noun)
  • abstinence.
  •attribute (noun)
  • abstention.
  •celibacy (noun)
  • maidenhood,
  • purity.
  •quitclaim (noun)
  • Demission.
  •renunciation (noun)
  • renouncement,
  • disavowals,
  • self-sacrifice,
  • disavowal,
  • self-abnegation,
  • renouncements.

• Other synonyms:

  •
  • ballot box,
  • absentee vote,
  • abnegation,
  • sacrifice,
  • quota,
  • Polling,
  • no.,
  • absentee ballot,
  • yea,
  • absolute majority,
  • ballot,
  • self-denial,
  • proxy vote,
  • plebiscite,
  • election,
  • Gerrymandering,
  • New Year's resolution,
  • plurality,
  • vote,
  • casting vote,
  • yes,
  • majority,
  • cloture,
  • overall majority,
  • postal vote,
  • adoption,
  • Aye,
  • surrender,
  • vote of confidence,
  • block vote,
  • vote of no confidence,
  • poll.
  •evasion
  • avoidance.
  •Other relevant words:
  • giving up,
  • neutrality,
  • retirement,
  • keeping away from,
  • Nephalism,
  • fast,
  • Renouncing,
  • fasting,
  • swearing off,
  • nonalignment,
  • self-mortification,
  • maidenhead,
  • hunger strike,
  • impartiality,
  • nonemployment,
  • independence,
  • refusal,
  • Refrainment,
  • forbearance,
  • anythingarianism,
  • self-control,
  • vegetarianism,
  • starvation,
  • forfeit,
  • neutralism,
  • fence-sitting,
  • virginity,
  • virtue,
  • moderation,
  • eschewal,
  • Mugwumpery,
  • privation,
  • chastity,
  • teetotalism,
  • continence,
  • abstain,
  • abstainment,
  • noninvolvement,
  • Obsoletism,
  • Refraining,
  • asceticism,
  • gymnosophy,
  • superannuation,
  • no,
  • stoicism,
  • self-deprivation,
  • hardship,
  • pensioning off,
  • fruitarianism,
  • banyan day,
  • abstemiousness,
  • Refusing,
  • disuse,
  • nonuse,
  • obsoleteness,
  • obsolescence,
  • cop out,
  • Desisting,
  • inaction,
  • abstentions,
  • Abstaining,
  • Mugwumpism,
  • non-indulgence,
  • diet,
  • soberness,
  • evasion,
  • sobriety,
  • suffering,
  • desuetude,
  • cleansing,
  • temperance,
  • self-restraint,
  • restraint.

Paraphrases for Abstention:

• Independent

  • Noun, singular or mass
    Refrainment, omission, turnout, restraint, failure.

• Other Related

  • Proper noun, singular
    forbearance.
  • Noun, singular or mass
    abstinence, Refraining, forbearance.

Antonyms for Abstention:

• n.

  • refraining
    self-indulgence.

Hyponym for Abstention:

• n.

  • attribute
    self-denial, self-discipline.