abstentions
Meaning of abstentions
plural noun
- an instance of declining to vote for or against a proposal or motion.
a resolution passed by 126 votes to none, with six abstentions
- restraint in one's consumption; abstinence.
alcohol consumption versus abstention
early 16th century (denoting the action of keeping back or restraining): from late Latin abstentio(n- ), from the verb abstinere (see abstain).
Information about abstentions
- It is a name.
- The singular form of abstentions is: abstention.
- Languages in which abstentions is used:
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Hyphenation of abstentions
ab-sten-tions
- It consists of 3 syllables and 11 chars.
- abstentions is a word trisyllabic because it has three syllables
abstentions synonyms
Meaning restrain oneself from doing or enjoying something:
Meaning abstinence from alcoholic drink:
Meaning the state of being sober:
Meaning the practice of restraining oneself from indulging in something, typically alcohol or sex:
Meaning the state of abstaining from marriage and sexual relations:
Meaning the state or practice of refraining from extramarital, or especially from all, sexual intercourse:
Meaning the ability to control movements of the bowels and bladder:
Meaning the state of never having had sexual intercourse:
Meaning stop oneself from doing something:
Meaning stop doing something; cease or abstain:
Meaning patient and restrained:
Meaning the action or fact of owning, maintaining, or protecting something:
Meaning refusal to give something that is due or desired:
Meaning becoming smaller, fewer, or less; decreasing:
Meaning persistently avoid, ignore, or reject (someone or something) through antipathy or caution:
Meaning go without (something desirable):
abstentions antonyms
Meaning the fact or state of being promiscuous:
Words that rhyme with abstentions
ions, eccaleobions, excambions, gabions, symbions, Halcions, cions, coercions, epinicions, scions, suspicions, unsuspicions, accordions, collodions, diacodions, encheiridions, enchiridions, gammadions, melodions, pyramidions, rhipidions, stasidions, tordions, turdions, Legions, analogions, bioregions, contagions, euchologions, irreligions, legions, logions, regions, religions, subregions, tragions, trisagions, Malathions, antifashions, apocynthions, cushions, ethions, falchions, fashions, fauchions, faulchions, fenthions, fushions, gnathions, gumphions
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