abstention

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On 13 May 2025, MSPs backed the "stage one vote" on the bill's general principles by 70 votes to 56, with one abstention.

From BBC • Feb. 26, 2026

The second vote passed with six votes in favor, four against, and one abstention.

From Barron's • Dec. 5, 2025

Welsh government ministers made £100m worth of commitments to secure Dodd's abstention, including £30m for social care to tackle delayed discharges.

From BBC • Sep. 16, 2025

She didn’t say how the U.S. would vote, but an abstention would still allow adoption of the resolution if Russia or another permanent member didn’t use its veto.

From Seattle Times • Dec. 22, 2023

Inhibition, therefore, is the organic foundation on which Morality builds, not only that Morality which consists in abstention from certain actions, but that which is manifested in active virtue.

From Morals and the Evolution of Man by Nordau, Max Simon