abstention

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

From Barron's • Dec. 5, 2025

A bill tabled by Liberal Democrat MSP Liam McArthur passed its first parliamentary vote by 70 to 56, with one abstention.

From BBC • May 13, 2025

Labour MSs banged Senedd tables as the result of the vote came in with 29 Senedd members in support and 28 against, with one abstention from Dodds.

From BBC • Mar. 4, 2025

The vote was approved 29 to 0 with one abstention.

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 6, 2024

The moral pageantry of this world, surveyed scientifically, is calculated wonderfully to strengthen and refine the philosophy of abstention suggested to Epicurus by the flux of material things and by the illusions of vulgar passion.

From Three Philosophical Poets Lucretius, Dante, and Goethe by Santayana, George