Noun:

செய்தலைத் தவிர்த்தல்,

abstention's Usage Examples:

Not counting the three abstentions, a majority of NER members were open to the idea of research cloning under strictly regulated conditions.

It is quite possible that shabattum and nubattum are from the same root and originally denoted much the same thing - a pause, abstention, from whatever cause or for ceremonial purposes.

We may therefore expect in primitive asceticism to find many abstentions and much self-torture apparently valueless for the training of character and discipline of the feelings, which are the essence of any healthy asceticism.

Sir George Grey found it impossible to maintain a policy of total abstention from the affairs of the republics.

ratifyAKIA - RATIFIED The Slovak parliament ratified the constitution on 11 May, by 116 votes to 27, with four abstentions.

The majority of staff voted in favor of the proposal while there was one against and a few abstentions.

Reverting to the origin and the meaning of the feast, modern criticism draws attention to the different nature of the two observances combined with the name Passover, the pastoral sacrifice of the paschal lamb and the agricultural observance of a seven days' abstention from unleavened bread.

nil with 4 abstentions.

Owing to the forced abstention from agricultural labour in the winter months the peasants of central Russia, more especially those of the governments of Moscow, Vladimir, Yaroslavl, Kostroma, Tver, Smolensk and Ryazan have for centuries carried on a variety of domestic handicrafts during the period of compulsory leisure.

SLOVAKIA - RATIFIED The Slovak parliament ratified the constitution on 11 May, by 116 votes to 27, with four abstentions.

BDS will cast all votes, both for and against, including any positive abstentions.

Not to mention the possibility that the machine might register my votes wrong, rather than just register some abstentions where I actually voted.

jejunare), an act which is most accurately defined as an abstention from meat, drink and all natural food for a determined period.

Synonyms:

self-denial, abstinence, self-discipline,

Antonyms:

indiscipline,