Definition for Abstention:

• In Politics, refraining from the exercise of public rights, especially from voting.

Synonyms for Abstention:

• n.

  •abstention (noun)
  • abstinence.
  •attribute (noun)
  • abstention.
  •celibacy (noun)
  • maidenhood,
  • purity.
  •quitclaim (noun)
  • Demission.
  •refraining (noun)
  • non-indulgence,
  • sobriety,
  • self-control,
  • Abstaining,
  • self-restraint.
  •renunciation (noun)
  • self-abnegation,
  • disavowal,
  • renouncement,
  • eschewal,
  • renouncements,
  • disavowals,
  • self-sacrifice.

• 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.

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.

Abstention Sentence Examples:

• There was a prudent abstention from any inquiry into the truth of this statement.

• He smiled disarmingly, but Martin felt ruffled - partly because his brother's voluntary abstention from experience always annoyed him, and partly because he knew that in this case the child was right and the man wrong.

Hyponym for Abstention:

• n.

  • attribute
    self-denial, self-discipline.