Scrabble Dictionary
Find the definition of a word with its score in word games.
Word Games
| Scrabble US | (12 Points) | |
| Scrabble UK | (12 Points) | |
| Words With Friends | (15 Points) |
Abstention
əbˈstɛnʃn
Abstention definitions
noun
abstention
abstentions
- an instance of declining to vote for or against a proposal or motion
"a resolution passed by 126 votes to none, with six abstentions"
- restraint in one's consumption; abstinence
"alcohol consumption versus abstention"
teetotalism temperance sobriety abstemiousness abstinence celibacy chastity singleness continence virginity abstinence self-restraint self-denial bachelorhood spinsterhood