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Definitions of abstained in various dictionaries:
verb - refrain from voting
verb - choose not to consume
verb - to refrain voluntarily
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| Simple past tense and past participle of abstain. |
| Restrain oneself from doing or enjoying something. |
| Formally decline to vote either for or against a proposal or motion. |
| formally decline to vote either for or against a proposal or motion. |
| restrain oneself from doing or enjoying something. |
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Abstention is a term in election procedure for when a participant in a vote either does not go to vote (on election day) or, in parliamentary procedure, is present during the vote, but does not cast a ballot. Abstention must be contrasted with "blank vote", in which a voter casts a ballot willfully made invalid by marking it wrongly or by not marking anything at all. A "blank (or white) voter" has voted, although their vote may be considered a spoilt vote, depending on each legislation, while an abstaining voter hasn't voted. Both forms (abstention and blank vote) may or may not, depending on the circumstances, be considered to be a protest vote (also known as a "blank vote" or "white vote"). * An abstention may be used to indicate the voting individual's ambivalence about the measure, or mild disapproval that does not rise to the level of active opposition. Abstention can also be used when someone has a certain position about an issue, but since the popular sentiment supports the opposi |