Related Words for abstention

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Word	Syllables	Categories
abstinence	/xx	Noun, Noun
abstain	x/	Verb
voting	/x	Noun, Verb
affirmance	x/x	Noun
unanimous	x/xx	Adjective
renunciation	xxx/x	Noun
fasting	/x	Noun
abnegation	xx/x	Noun
affirmative	x/xx	Noun
acquiescence	xx/x	Noun
indulgence	x/x	Noun
repudiation	xxx/x	Noun
opposition	xx/x	Noun
disengagement	xx/x	Noun
passivity	x/xx	Noun
celibacy	/xxx	Noun
asceticism	x/xxx	Noun
proscription	x/x	Noun
nonjudicial	/x/x	Adjective
unilateralism	xx/xxxx	Noun
recusal	x/x	Noun
plenary	/xx	Noun
dismissal	x/x	Noun
reprobation	/xxx	Noun
censure	/x	Noun
apathy	/xx	Noun
moderation	xx/x	Noun
disapproval	xx/x	Noun
electoral	x/xx	Noun, Adjective
condemnation	xx/x	Noun
deliberation	xxx/x	Noun
dispositive	x/xx	Adjective
dualism	/xxx	Noun
voluntary	/xxx	Adjective
referendum	xx/x	Noun
inaction	x/x	Noun
dissent	x/	Noun
disenfranchisement	xx/xx	Noun
fatalism	/xxx	Noun
prohibition	xx/x	Noun
participation	xxx/x	Noun
construal	xxx	Noun
intransigence	x/xx	Noun
belligerence	x/xx	Noun
austerity	x/xx	Noun
habitual	x/xx	Adjective
judicial	x/x	Name, Adjective
resolution	xx/x	Noun
unequivocal	xx/xx	Adjective
decisive	x/x	Adjective
fornication	/x/x	Noun
preclusion	x/x	Noun
vacillation	xx/x	Noun
unreflective	xx/x	Adjective
democratic	xx/x	Name
avoidance	x/x	Noun
disinterest	x/xx	Noun
intoxication	xxx/x	Noun
drunkenness	/xx	Noun
cessation	x/x	Noun
withdrawal	x/x	Noun
reserve	x/	Noun
abandon	x/x	Verb
omitting	x/x	Verb
destitution	/xxx	Noun
forbidding	x/x	Verb
shirking	/x	Noun
disallowance	xx/x	Noun
reluctance	x/x	Noun
omission	x/x	Noun
objection	x/x	Noun
truancy	/xx	Noun
inattention	xx/x	Noun
imprudence	x/x	Noun
stricture	/x	Noun
revulsion	x/x	Noun
rebelling	x/x	Verb
denying	x/x	Verb
incontinent	x/xx	Noun
inertia	x/x	Noun
disobedience	xx/xx	Noun
forsaking	x/x	Verb
deviation	xx/x	Noun
privation	x/x	Noun
straying	/x	Verb
absence	/x	Noun
disapprobation	xxx/x	Noun
negative	/xx	Adjective
vegetarianism	xx/xxxx	Noun
intercourse	/xx	Noun
vow	/	Noun
invalidate	x/xx	Verb
injecting	x/x	Verb
pork	/	Noun
deliberate	x/xx	Adjective
constructive	x/x	Adjective
polls	/	Noun
impartiality	xxx/xx	Noun
chastity	/xx	Noun
alcohol	/xx	Noun
smoking	/x	Noun
falsehood	/x	Noun
westminster	x/x	Name
drinking	/x	Noun
beverages	/xx	Noun
obligatory	x/xxx	Adjective
meat	/	Noun
practise	/x	Verb
buying	/x	Noun
liquor	/x	Noun
elections	x/x	Noun
conspicuous	x/xx	Adjective
advocated	/xxx	Verb
observance	x/x	Noun
necessitates	x/xx	Verb
interference	xx/x	Noun
theft	/	Noun
slaughter	/x	Noun
abdication	xx/x	Noun
alienation	xxx/x	Noun
boycott	/x	Noun, Verb
conciliation	xxx/x	Noun
confiscation	xx/x	Noun
conscription	x/x	Noun
defection	x/x	Noun
desertion	x/x	Noun
dismantling	x/xx	Noun
exclusion	x/x	Noun
failure	/x	Noun
forbearance	x/x	Noun
injunction	x/x	Noun
internment	x/x	Noun
neutrality	x/xx	Noun
ostracism	/xxx	Noun
refrain	x/	Verb, Noun
refusal	x/x	Noun
restraint	x/	Noun
reticence	/xx	Noun, Verb
sobriety	x/xx	Noun
takeoff	/x	Noun
turnout	/x	Noun
waiver	/x	Noun, Verb
withholding	x/x	Noun
die	/	Verb, Noun
breakeven	/xx	Verb, Noun, Adjective
save	/	Verb, Noun
get	/	Verb, Noun
bulletproof	/xx	Adjective, Verb
off	/	Adverb, Adjective, Verb, Noun
milestone	/x	Noun, Verb
fall	/	Verb, Noun