Related Words for abstention

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WordSyllablesCategories
abstinence
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Noun, Noun
abstain
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Verb
voting
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Noun, Verb
affirmance
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Noun
unanimous
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Adjective
renunciation
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Noun
fasting
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Noun
abnegation
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Noun
affirmative
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Noun
acquiescence
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Noun
indulgence
x/x
Noun
repudiation
xxx/x
Noun
opposition
xx/x
Noun
disengagement
xx/x
Noun
passivity
x/xx
Noun
celibacy
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Noun
asceticism
x/xxx
Noun
proscription
x/x
Noun
nonjudicial
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Adjective
unilateralism
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Noun
recusal
x/x
Noun
plenary
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Noun
dismissal
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Noun
reprobation
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Noun
censure
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Noun
apathy
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Noun
moderation
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Noun
disapproval
xx/x
Noun
electoral
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Noun, Adjective
condemnation
xx/x
Noun
deliberation
xxx/x
Noun
dispositive
x/xx
Adjective
dualism
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Noun
voluntary
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Adjective
referendum
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Noun
inaction
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Noun
dissent
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Noun
disenfranchisement
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Noun
fatalism
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Noun
prohibition
xx/x
Noun
participation
xxx/x
Noun
construal
xxx
Noun
intransigence
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Noun
belligerence
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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
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Noun
cessation
x/x
Noun
withdrawal
x/x
Noun
reserve
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Noun
abandon
x/x
Verb
omitting
x/x
Verb
destitution
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Noun
forbidding
x/x
Verb
shirking
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Noun
disallowance
xx/x
Noun
reluctance
x/x
Noun
omission
x/x
Noun
objection
x/x
Noun
truancy
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Noun
inattention
xx/x
Noun
imprudence
x/x
Noun
stricture
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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
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Verb
absence
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Noun
disapprobation
xxx/x
Noun
negative
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Adjective
vegetarianism
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Noun
intercourse
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Noun
vow
/
Noun
invalidate
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Verb
injecting
x/x
Verb
pork
/
Noun
deliberate
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Adjective
constructive
x/x
Adjective
polls
/
Noun
impartiality
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Noun
chastity
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Noun
alcohol
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Noun
smoking
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Noun
falsehood
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Noun
westminster
x/x
Name
drinking
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Noun
beverages
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Noun
obligatory
x/xxx
Adjective
meat
/
Noun
practise
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Verb
buying
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Noun
liquor
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Noun
elections
x/x
Noun
conspicuous
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Adjective
advocated
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Verb
observance
x/x
Noun
necessitates
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Verb
interference
xx/x
Noun
theft
/
Noun
slaughter
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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
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Noun
forbearance
x/x
Noun
injunction
x/x
Noun
internment
x/x
Noun
neutrality
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Noun
ostracism
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Noun
refrain
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Verb, Noun
refusal
x/x
Noun
restraint
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Noun
reticence
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Noun, Verb
sobriety
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Noun
takeoff
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Noun
turnout
/x
Noun
waiver
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Noun, Verb
withholding
x/x
Noun
die
/
Verb, Noun
breakeven
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Verb, Noun, Adjective
save
/
Verb, Noun
get
/
Verb, Noun
bulletproof
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Adjective, Verb
off
/
Adverb, Adjective, Verb, Noun
milestone
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Noun, Verb
fall
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Verb, Noun