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n. The act or habit of deliberate self-denial.

n. An abstaining vote or voter: 12 ayes, 10 nays, and 8 abstentions.

n. Non-participation in the political world; as a country avoiding international affairs.

adj. The act of abstaining; a holding aloof.

n. A holding off or refraining; abstinence from action; neglect or refusal to do something.

n. the trait of abstaining (especially from alcohol)

"This moral abstention is nosing its way down our streets with insidious intent."

self-denial    self-discipline   

circumvention    contravention    inattention    intention    intervention    nonintervention   

abstinence    teetotalism    celibacy    nonviolence    uprightness    renunciation    truthfulness    subservience    self-discipline    unselfishness