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Did you know?
If you abstain, you're consciously, and usually with effort, choosing to hold back from doing something that you would like to do. One may abstain from a vice, for example, or in parliamentary procedure, one might abstain from placing a vote. So it's no surprise that abstain traces back through Middle English and Anglo-French to the Latin abstinēre, which combines the prefix ab- ("from, away, off") with tenēre, a Latin verb meaning "to hold." Tenēre has many offspring in English—other descendants include contain, detain, maintain, obtain, pertain, retain, and sustain, as well as some words that don't end in -tain, such as tenacious. Abstain, like many of its cousins, has been used by English speakers since at least the 14th century.
Example Sentences
Ten members voted for the proposal, six members voted against it, and two abstained.
Recent Examples on the Web While 28 African nations voted in favor of the resolution, a significant minority of countries on the continent – 25 – either voted to abstain or did not vote at all. 
Andrew Meldrum And Mogomotsi Magome, The Christian Science Monitor, 28 July 2022 However, this logic often isn't applied to those who choose to abstain. Jenna Ryu, USA TODAY, 24 May 2022 At the Tuesday meeting, Assembly members John Weddleton and Jamie Allard refused to vote, leaving the room to abstain. Emily Goodykoontz, Anchorage Daily News, 5 Feb. 2022 That's twice as many as those in the placebo group who were able to abstain, Bogenschutz said. Sandee Lamotte, CNN, 24 Aug. 2022 Later, their father encouraged them to abstain from drinking, and Beau took these warnings to heart. Adam Entous, The New Yorker, 15 Aug. 2022 At his arraignment Wednesday, Griffiths was given bail of $10,000 and ordered to abstain from alcohol, submit to random testing, and wear an alcohol-monitoring bracelet, prosecutors said. Jeremy C. Fox, BostonGlobe.com, 29 July 2022 If someone wants to avoid probing questions about their alcohol consumption, there are some ways to abstain from drinking without being obvious. Amy Haneline, USA TODAY, 22 July 2022 Barkley fully intended to abstain from playing in an NBA All-Star game due to be held in Charlotte. Philip Ellis, Men's Health, 20 July 2022 See More
Andrew Meldrum And Mogomotsi Magome, The Christian Science Monitor, 28 July 2022 However, this logic often isn't applied to those who choose to abstain. Jenna Ryu, USA TODAY, 24 May 2022 At the Tuesday meeting, Assembly members John Weddleton and Jamie Allard refused to vote, leaving the room to abstain. Emily Goodykoontz, Anchorage Daily News, 5 Feb. 2022 That's twice as many as those in the placebo group who were able to abstain, Bogenschutz said. Sandee Lamotte, CNN, 24 Aug. 2022 Later, their father encouraged them to abstain from drinking, and Beau took these warnings to heart. Adam Entous, The New Yorker, 15 Aug. 2022 At his arraignment Wednesday, Griffiths was given bail of $10,000 and ordered to abstain from alcohol, submit to random testing, and wear an alcohol-monitoring bracelet, prosecutors said. Jeremy C. Fox, BostonGlobe.com, 29 July 2022 If someone wants to avoid probing questions about their alcohol consumption, there are some ways to abstain from drinking without being obvious. Amy Haneline, USA TODAY, 22 July 2022 Barkley fully intended to abstain from playing in an NBA All-Star game due to be held in Charlotte. Philip Ellis, Men's Health, 20 July 2022 See More Word History
Etymology
Middle English absteinen, abstenen, borrowed from Anglo-French asteign-, absteign-, stem of astenir, abstenir, borrowed (with conjugation change, conformed to tenir) from Latin abstinēre "to keep from, hold back, refrain, withhold oneself from," from abs- (variant of ab- ab- before c- and t-) + tenēre "to hold, occupy, possess" — more at tenant entry 1
First Known Use
14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1
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