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Definition of Abstain
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Abstain
To hold one's self aloof; to forbear or refrain voluntarily, and especially from an indulgence of the passions or appetites; -- with from. To hinder; to withhold. Related Definitions:
Aloof, An, And, Especially, Forbear, From, Hinder, Hold, Indulgence, Of, One, Or, Refrain, Self, The, To, Voluntarily, With, Withhold |
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Abstain Quotations
These people abstain, it is true: but the bitch Sensuality glares enviously out of all they do. Friedrich Nietzsche When you doubt, abstain. Ambrose Bierce All philosophy lies in two words, sustain and abstain. Epictetus To abstain from sin when one can no longer sin is to be forsaken by sin, not to forsake it. Saint Augustine All that a good government aims at... is to add no unnecessary and artificial aid to the force of its own unavoidable consequences, and to abstain from fortifying and accumulating social inequality as a means of increasing political inequalities. James F. Cooper |
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Abstain Translations
abstain in Dutch is zich onthouden, zich abstineren abstain in French is abstenir, abstiens, s'abstenir, abstiennent abstain in German is enthalten, sich enthalten abstain in Spanish is abstenerse |
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