as in abnegation
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Recent Examples of abstention
Last month, the San Francisco central committee resolution passed with 15 aye votes, eight nays and eight abstentions.
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Heather Knight, New York Times, 3 May 2025
City Attorney Leslie Devaney said the city’s rules tally the abstention with the majority of council members who did cast votes, meaning the item was approved.
—Luke Harold, San Diego Union-Tribune, 5 Feb. 2025
The bill, which passed by a 46-1 vote with one abstention, blocks helicopters that don’t meet the most stringent Federal Aviation Administration noise standards from flying out of the main Manhattan heliports in Midtown and near Wall St., beginning in 2029.
—Evan Simko-Bednarski, New York Daily News, 24 Apr. 2025
The measure passed by a vote of 170-1, with one abstention.
—Los Angeles Times, 24 Apr. 2025
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Heather Knight, New York Times, 3 May 2025
City Attorney Leslie Devaney said the city’s rules tally the abstention with the majority of council members who did cast votes, meaning the item was approved.
—Luke Harold, San Diego Union-Tribune, 5 Feb. 2025
The bill, which passed by a 46-1 vote with one abstention, blocks helicopters that don’t meet the most stringent Federal Aviation Administration noise standards from flying out of the main Manhattan heliports in Midtown and near Wall St., beginning in 2029.
—Evan Simko-Bednarski, New York Daily News, 24 Apr. 2025
The measure passed by a vote of 170-1, with one abstention.
—Los Angeles Times, 24 Apr. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for abstention
Noun
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The feats, the ecstasies, the prostrations and abnegations.—
James Parker,
The Atlantic,
10 Jan. 2025
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The explicit and quasi-religious abnegation of the right to violent self-defense put the national committee at odds with one of its key allies during the Saturday march: Black Lives Matter.—
Samantha Eyler,
Foreign Affairs,
31 Jan. 2017
Noun
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Organizational Consequences Of Dysregulation When leaders consistently model unregulated behavior—whether through avoidance, defensiveness or outbursts—the effects permeate the organization.—
Andriana Eliadis,
Forbes.com,
20 June 2025
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The rest are basically asking teams not to be too terrible in categories like clutch hitting, home run avoidance on the mound, contact hitting and speed.—
Neil Paine,
New York Times,
17 June 2025
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But Constance offered no more in her own defense, for all her mortification.—
Jim Shepard,
New Yorker,
8 June 2025
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Oldman’s face, set in brooding concentration, evokes a pained, vaguely incredulous mortification, which builds to a bitter, almost paralyzing ruefulness.—
Houman Barekat,
New York Times,
28 Apr. 2025
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That kind of asceticism seemed neither fun nor sustainable.—
Hazlitt,
Hazlitt,
11 June 2025
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Role models for digital moderation, much less asceticism, are in short supply.—
Jack Butler,
National Review,
11 May 2025
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Still, her debt almost went into collections before the loan was put in forbearance.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
11 June 2025
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This processing forbearance period can count toward student loan forgiveness under the PSLF program.—
Adam S. Minsky,
Forbes.com,
10 June 2025
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But the biblical term for self-denial – inui – has another meaning.—
Rabbi Avi Weiss,
Sun Sentinel,
7 Oct. 2024
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The Ford Focus Electric, with its appealing, Euro-hatchback lines, lacks the frumpy feel of self-denial often associated with electric cars.—
IEEE Spectrum,
IEEE Spectrum,
28 Mar. 2012
Noun
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Channel your inner frugality with these cost-saving measures for your garden.—
Luke Miller,
Better Homes & Gardens,
17 June 2025
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If there’s another deficit, as seems likely, candidates who spent the past year preaching frugality will fare better than those pushing profligacy.—
John Seiler,
Oc Register,
31 May 2025
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Further, there seems to be a strong internal culture that’s been built on hard work and sacrifice, which will be nurtured by having an experienced coach like Tocchet now overseeing the club.—
Kevin Kurz,
New York Times,
19 June 2025
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In the popular imagination, the 1940s were dominated by sacrifice at home and violence abroad as World War II raged on.—
Sonja Anderson,
Smithsonian Magazine,
18 June 2025
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“Abstention.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/abstention. Accessed 30 Jun. 2025.
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