Abstain

/əbˈsteɪn/

Synonyms for "abstain" (112 found)

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Closest matches (23)

Noun(2 words)
breakcelibates

Strong matches (33)

dietdispense withdo withoutduck the issueeschewevadeevade the issuefastforbearforgo
Adjective(2 words)
forbearingforegone

Related words (56)

Verb(14 words)
forgonegive upmortifiesmortifyquitsrefrain from votingrefrainedrelinquishrenouncesshunwaivedwaivesweanwithhold vote
holdhold aloof fromhold backhold offkeepkeep backkeep fromkeep in handleave well enough alonelet alonelet go bylet well enough alonenever touchnot touchnot usepass uprefrainrefrain fromrefusereject
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reservesaveshunsit it outsparespurnstand aloofstand aloof fromstand neuterstraddletrimwaivewithhold
Determiner(1 words)
no force
Adjective(3 words)
undesiringuntouchedwell worn refrain

Related word relations

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6 relation types

More general

6 entries

More specific

6 entries
alcohol abstentionballot abstentioncaffeine abstentiondietary abstentionelectoral abstentionvoting abstention

Collocations

6 entries
abstain from alcoholabstain from caffeineabstain from foodabstain from meatabstain from tobaccoabstain from voting

Inflections

3 entries

Derivations

5 entries

Antonyms

1 entries

Translations

83 translations across 39 languages.

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Arabic

1 entries
  • اِمْتَنَعَ verb (refrain from — see also refrain)

Armenian

1 entries
  • ձեռնպահ լինել verb (refrain from voting)

Bangi

1 entries
  • kila verb (refrain from — see also refrain)

Bulgarian

1 entries
  • въздържам се verb (refrain from — see also refrain)

Catalan

1 entries
  • abstenir-se verb (refrain from — see also refrain)

Chinese Mandarin

3 entries
  • 戒除 verb (refrain from — see also refrain)
  • 棄權 /弃权 verb (refrain from — see also refrain)
  • 避免 verb (refrain from — see also refrain)

Czech

2 entries
  • zdržet se verb (refrain from — see also refrain)
  • zdržet se verb (refrain from voting)

Danish

3 entries
  • afholde sig verb (refrain from — see also refrain)
  • afholde sig (fra at stemme) verb (refrain from voting)
  • afstå verb (refrain from — see also refrain)

Dutch

3 entries
  • abstineren verb (refrain from — see also refrain)
  • zich onthouden verb (refrain from — see also refrain)
  • zich onthouden (van stemming) verb (refrain from voting)

Esperanto

1 entries
  • abstini verb (refrain from — see also refrain)

Finnish

3 entries
  • kieltäytyä verb (refrain from — see also refrain)
  • pidättäytyä verb (refrain from — see also refrain)
  • äänestää tyhjää verb (refrain from voting)

French

2 entries
  • s'abstenir verb (refrain from — see also refrain)
  • s'abstenir verb (refrain from voting)

German

2 entries
  • sich enthalten verb (refrain from voting)
  • verzichten verb (refrain from — see also refrain)

Gothic

1 entries
  • 𐌲𐌰𐌸𐌰𐍂𐌱𐌰𐌽 verb (refrain from — see also refrain)

Hebrew

3 entries
  • התנזר verb (refrain from — see also refrain)
  • נמנע verb (refrain from — see also refrain)
  • נמנע verb (refrain from voting)

Hungarian

3 entries
  • (meg)tartóztatja magát verb (refrain from — see also refrain)
  • tartózkodik verb (refrain from — see also refrain)
  • tartózkodik verb (refrain from voting)

Ido

1 entries
  • abstenar verb (refrain from — see also refrain)

Italian

2 entries
  • astenersi verb (refrain from — see also refrain)
  • astenersi verb (refrain from voting)

Japanese

3 entries
  • 差し控える verb (refrain from — see also refrain)
  • 慎む verb (refrain from — see also refrain)
  • 投票を棄権する verb (refrain from voting)

Lao

1 entries
  • ງົດອອກສຽງ verb (refrain from voting)

Latin

1 entries
  • abstineo verb (refrain from — see also refrain)

Lingala

1 entries
  • kila verb (refrain from — see also refrain)

Mongo

1 entries
  • kila verb (refrain from — see also refrain)

Māori

3 entries
  • papare verb (refrain from — see also refrain)
  • pare verb (refrain from — see also refrain)
  • wainamu verb (refrain from — see also refrain)

Norwegian Bokmål

4 entries
  • abstinere verb (refrain from — see also refrain)
  • avholde seg verb (refrain from — see also refrain)
  • avstå verb (refrain from — see also refrain)
  • stemme blankt verb (refrain from voting)

Old English

1 entries
  • forbūgan verb (refrain from — see also refrain)

Polish

4 entries
  • powstrzymać się verb (refrain from — see also refrain)
  • powstrzymywać się verb (refrain from — see also refrain)
  • wstrzymać się verb (refrain from voting)
  • wstrzymywać się verb (refrain from voting)

Portuguese

3 entries
  • abster-se verb (refrain from — see also refrain)
  • abster-se verb (refrain from voting)
  • privar-se verb (refrain from — see also refrain)

Romanian

1 entries
  • abține verb (refrain from — see also refrain)

Russian

2 entries
  • возде́рживаться verb (refrain from voting)
  • воздержа́ться verb (refrain from voting)

Serbo-Croatian

4 entries
  • apstinírati verb (refrain from — see also refrain)
  • apstinírati verb (refrain from voting)
  • sustezati verb (refrain from — see also refrain)
  • suzdržávati verb (refrain from — see also refrain)

Sinhalese

1 entries
  • වළකිනවා verb (refrain from — see also refrain)

Slovene

1 entries
  • vzdržati se verb (refrain from — see also refrain)

Spanish

2 entries
  • abstenerse verb (refrain from — see also refrain)
  • abstenerse verb (refrain from voting)

Swedish

4 entries
  • avhålla sig verb (refrain from — see also refrain)
  • avstå verb (refrain from — see also refrain)
  • lägga ned sin röst verb (refrain from voting)
  • röstskolka verb (refrain from voting)

Thai

1 entries
  • งดออกเสียง verb (refrain from voting)

Tày

1 entries
  • căm verb (refrain from — see also refrain)

Ukrainian

4 entries
  • утри́матися verb (refrain from — see also refrain)
  • утри́матися verb (refrain from voting)
  • утри́муватися verb (refrain from — see also refrain)
  • утри́муватися verb (refrain from voting)

Woiwurrung

1 entries
  • nin'wilt-teni verb (refrain from — see also refrain)

Sample sentences

17 total sentences available.

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Athletes usually abstain from smoking.

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The doctor advised him to abstain from drinking.

Source: tatoeba (27934)

The doctor has ordered the patient to abstain from wine.

Source: tatoeba (27998)

My father tries to abstain from drinking.

Source: tatoeba (251670)

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