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発音

• (Received 発音) IPA^(key): /əbˈstɛn.ʃn̩/
• (米国発音) IPA^(key): /æbˈstɛn.ʃn̩/, /əbˈstɛn.ʃn̩/, /æbˈstɛn.t͡ʃn̩/, /əbˈstɛn.t͡ʃn̩/

名詞

abstention (countable かつ uncountable, 複数形 abstentions)

1. (obsolete) The act of restraining oneself. [Attested from the early 16^th century until the med 17^th century.]
2. The act of abstaining or refraining (from). [First attested in the early 17^th century.]

   abstention from alcohol

   abstention from sex

3. The act of declining to vote on a particular issue. [First attested in the late 19^th century.]

   There were five abstentions in the vote.

4. Non-participation in the political world; as a country avoiding international affairs.

派生語

• abstention doctrine
• abstentious

参考

• abstinence

参照

• Lesley Brown, editor-in-chief; William R. Trumble and Angus Stevenson, editors (2002), “abstention”, in The Shorter Oxford English Dictionary on Historical Principles, 5th edition, Oxford; New York, N.Y.: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 9.