Definizione monolingua

abstain

abstain (third-person singular simple present abstains, present participle abstaining, simple past and past participle abstained)

1. (intransitive) Refrain from (something); hold ones self aloof; to forbear or keep from doing, especially an indulgence of the passions or appetites; -- with from.
2. (intransitive) To shun voluntarily.

   • Not a few abstained from voting. - Thomas Babington Macaulay
   • Who abstains from meat that is not gaunt? - Shakespeare, Richard II, II-i

3. (intransitive) Deliberately refrain from casting ones vote at a meeting where one is present.
4. (transitive) Hinder; withhold.

   • Whether he abstain men from marrying. - John Milton

Definizione dizionario abstain

	astenersi
	refrain from voting
	refrain from

astenersi dal votare

Altri significati:

(intransitive) To shun voluntarily.

(transitive) Hinder; withhold.

abstain (from)

To refrain from doing something.

hinder, withhold

(intransitive) Deliberately refrain from casting one's vote at a meeting where one is present.

(intransitive) Refrain from (something); hold one's self aloof; to forbear or keep from doing, especially an indulgence of the passions or appetites; -- with '''from''' .