There were two votes in favor of the measure, two against, and one abstention.
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Abstention
//əbˈstɛn.ʃn̩//
Synonyms for "abstention" (68 found)
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5 entriesderived from
1 entriesrelated to
8 entriesTranslations
31 translations across 21 languages.
Bulgarian
1 entries- въздържаност noun (the act of abstaining)
Catalan
1 entries- abstenció noun (the act of abstaining)
Chinese Mandarin
4 entries- 戒酒 noun (the act of abstaining)
- 戒除 noun (the act of abstaining)
- 棄權 /弃权 noun (the act of abstaining)
- 禁酒 noun (the act of abstaining)
Dutch
2 entries- abstinentie noun (the act of abstaining)
- onthouding noun (the act of abstaining)
Esperanto
2 entries- abstino noun (the act of abstaining)
- sindeteno noun (the act of abstaining)
Finnish
1 entries- pidättäytyminen noun (the act of abstaining)
French
1 entries- abstention noun (the act of abstaining)
German
2 entries- Abstandnehmen noun (the act of abstaining)
- Enthaltung noun (the act of abstaining)
Hebrew
1 entries- הימנעו f ( noun (the act of abstaining)
Hungarian
1 entries- tartózkodás noun (the act of abstaining)
Interlingua
1 entries- abstention noun (the act of abstaining)
Italian
1 entries- astensione noun (the act of abstaining)
Japanese
4 entries- 不参加 noun (the act of abstaining)
- 慎むこと noun (the act of abstaining)
- 棄権 noun (the act of abstaining)
- 禁酒 noun (the act of abstaining)
Norwegian Bokmål
1 entries- avhold noun (the act of abstaining)
Polish
1 entries- abstynencja noun (the act of abstaining)
Portuguese
1 entries- abstenção noun (the act of abstaining)
Romanian
1 entries- abținere noun (the act of abstaining)
Russian
2 entries- возде́ржанность noun (the act of abstaining)
- воздержа́ние noun (the act of abstaining)
Scottish Gaelic
1 entries- seachnadh noun (the act of abstaining)
Spanish
1 entries- abstención noun (the act of abstaining)
Turkish
1 entries- çekimserlik noun (the act of abstaining)
Sample sentences
8 total sentences available.
There wasn't a single abstention.
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Some say that abstention from voting is the only way to improve politics, but that's just a fantasy. Politicians aren't going to care much, and the people that vote decide the future.
Source: tatoeba (10501758)
Some say that abstention from voting is the only option to improve the current political system, but that's just a fantasy: politicians are not going to be self-critical over it, and those who vote will be the people that decide the future.
Source: tatoeba (10501762)
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