abstention
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The buffer-zone law passed 44-5, with one abstention.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 6, 2026
The Senate voted 46 in favor, 25 against, with one abstention after the lower Chamber of Deputies greenlit the budget.
From Barron's • Dec. 27, 2025
As we just reported, 14 voted in favour of the resolution and zero against, with one abstention.
From BBC • Mar. 25, 2024
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
Vocabulary lists containing abstention
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