Associations to the word «Abstention»

ABSTENTION, noun. (obsolete) The act of restraining oneself. [Attested from the early 16th century until the med 17th century.]

ABSTENTION, noun. The act of abstaining; a holding aloof; refraining from. [First attested in the early 17th century.]

ABSTENTION, noun. The act of declining to vote on a particular issue. [First attested in the late 19th century.]

ABSTENTION, noun. Non-participation in the political world; as a country avoiding international affairs.

ABSTENTION DOCTRINE, noun. (legal): A rule under which a federal court in the United States will decline to exercise jurisdiction over a lawsuit because the suit could or should instead be heard by a state court.

ABSTENTION DOCTRINES, noun. Plural of abstention doctrine

ABSTENTION, noun. The trait of abstaining (especially from alcohol).