- Look up
abstention in Wiktionary, the free dictionary.
Abstention is
refusing to vote in an
election or in a
parliamentary vote.
Abstention may also refer...
- of interest. An
example of a
conflict was when
Senator Mitch McConnell abstained when his wife
Elaine Chao was
nominated to
positions that
needed to be...
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Teetotalism is the
practice of
voluntarily abstaining from the
consumption of alcohol,
specifically in
alcoholic drinks. A
person who
practices (and possibly...
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elections within either jurisdiction;
others have been abstentionist;
others abstained from some
bodies but not others.
Abstentionism has
often been a divisive...
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Russia voted against while China,
India and the
United Arab
Emirates abstained. As this was a
procedural resolution, no
permanent member could exercise...
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resolution was
significantly changed after several amendments and the US
abstained from that vote. The US
later re-introduced that
resolution in the Security...
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adopted on 24
February 2025, with 93
countries voting for, 8 against, 73
abstained, and 19
present not
voting at the
eleventh ESS. The
session has been 'adjourned'...
- Lent.
During the
liturgical season of Lent,
believers have
historically abstained from rich
foods such as meat, eggs,
lacticinia (dairy products), and alcohol—a...
- (Brazil, Germany, and India, and
permanent members China and Russia)
abstained, with none opposed. The resolution,
adopted under Chapter VII of the United...
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cultural groups continued to
place a
value on the
moral purity of an
abstainer, but
abstinence was
caught up in a
wider reevaluation of
moral values...
