en abstain

An English term in ConceptNet 5.8

Sources: German Wiktionary, English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary, and Open Multilingual WordNet
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Synonyms

  • ar أَحْجَمَ (v, consumption) ➜
  • ar اِمْتَنَعَ عَن (v, consumption) ➜
  • ar تَرَكَ (v, consumption) ➜
  • ar عَزَفَ عَن (v, consumption) ➜
  • ar كَفَّ (v, consumption) ➜
  • ar هَجَرَ (v, consumption) ➜
  • ca abstenir-se (v, consumption) ➜
  • ca deixar (v, consumption) ➜
  • en desist (v, consumption) ➜
  • en refrain (v, consumption) ➜
  • es abstenerse (v, consumption) ➜
  • es abstenerse (v, social) ➜
  • es dejar (v, consumption) ➜
  • es desistir (v, consumption) ➜
  • es inhibirse (v, consumption) ➜
  • fa امتناع کردن (v, consumption) ➜
  • fa امتناع کردن (v, social) ➜
  • fa دست برداشتن از (v, consumption) ➜
  • fa منع کردن (v, consumption) ➜
  • fi kieltäytyä (v, consumption) ➜
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Related terms

  • sh apstinirati (v) ➜
  • sh suzdržati (v) ➜
  • sh suzdržavati (v) ➜
  • sh uzdržati (v) ➜
  • ang forberan (v) ➜
  • ang forbugan (v) ➜
  • ang forgan (v) ➜
  • ang forgangan (v) ➜
  • ang forhabban (v) ➜
  • ang ofersittan (v) ➜
  • ar أمسك (v) ➜
  • ar اجتنب (v) ➜
  • ar استمسك (v) ➜
  • ar امتنع (v) ➜
  • ar انكف (v) ➜
  • ar تورع (v) ➜
  • ar زهد (v) ➜
  • ar صبر (v) ➜
  • ar عدى (v) ➜
  • ar عزف (v) ➜
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Word forms

  • en abstain (v) ➜
  • en abstained (v) ➜
  • en abstaining ➜
  • en abstaining (v) ➜
  • en abstain (v) ➜
  • en abstains (v) ➜

Ways of abstain

  • en fast (v, consumption) ➜
  • en keep off (v, consumption) ➜
  • en teetotal (v, consumption) ➜

Derived terms

  • en abstention ➜
  • en abstain (v) ➜
  • en abstainment ➜
  • en abstentionism ➜

Etymological roots of "abstain"

  • enm abstene ➜
  • fro astenir ➜
  • la abstineo ➜

Things that entail abstain

  • en mortify (v, emotion) ➜

Etymologically related

  • en tenable ➜
  • enm absteine ➜
  • enm absteinen ➜
  • enm abstenen ➜
  • enm absteynen ➜
  • fro abstenir ➜
  • la abs ➜
  • la teneo ➜

abstain is a way of…

  • en refrain (v, stative) ➜

Distinct terms

  • de vote ➜

Links to other resources

  • wordnet-rdf.princeton.edu 201198570-v
  • wordnet-rdf.princeton.edu 202468849-v
  • en.wiktionary.org abstain
  • fr.wiktionary.org abstain
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