Need another word that means the same as “abstention”? Find 15 synonyms and 30 related words for “abstention” in this overview.
The synonyms of “Abstention” are: abstinence, refusal to vote, teetotalism, temperance, sobriety, abstemiousness, celibacy, chastity, singleness, continence, virginity, self-restraint, self-denial, bachelorhood, spinsterhood
According to the Oxford Dictionary of English, “abstention” as a noun can have the following definitions:
| abstemiousness | Restricted to bare necessities. |
| abstinence | The practice of restraining oneself from indulging in something, typically alcohol or sex. I started drinking again after six years of abstinence. |
| bachelorhood | A man who has never been married. |
| celibacy | The state of abstaining from marriage and sexual relations. A priest who had taken a vow of celibacy. |
| chastity | Morality with respect to sexual relations. Vows of chastity. |
| continence | The exercise of self constraint in sexual matters. You can improve your continence by strengthening the muscles of the pelvic floor. |
| refusal to vote | The act of refusing. |
| self-denial | The trait of practicing self discipline. |
| self-restraint | Exhibiting restraint imposed on the self. |
| singleness | The quality of concentrating on one central objective. The singleness of his motives could not be questioned. |
| sobriety | The quality of being staid or solemn. The price of beer compelled me to maintain a certain level of sobriety. |
| spinsterhood | The state of being a spinster (usually an elderly unmarried woman. |
| teetotalism | Abstaining from alcohol. |
| temperance | The act of tempering. The temperance movement. |
| virginity | The condition or quality of being a virgin. I lost my virginity. |
| abstain | Restrain oneself from doing or enjoying something. Forty one voted with the Opposition and some sixty more abstained. |
| ballot | Vote by ballot. There were fifty three abstentions and twenty eight spoilt ballots. |
| candidate | Someone who is considered for something (for an office or prize or honor etc. She was the perfect candidate for a biography. |
| choose | Pick out select or choose from a number of alternatives. I ll stay as long as I choose. |
| chosen | Having been selected as the best or most appropriate. He is by no means a forerunner in his chosen field. |
| cloture | Terminate debate by calling for a vote. A cloture motion. |
| done | Socially acceptable. Therapy was not the done thing then. |
| elect | Elected but not yet installed in office. He was elected as councillor. |
| election | A vote to select the winner of a position or political office. The results of the election will be announced tonight. |
| elective | An optional course of study. He had never held elective office. |
| elector | In the US a member of the electoral college. Close to 60 per cent of the 60 000 registered electors voted. |
| electorate | The body of enfranchised citizens; those qualified to vote. 75 per cent of the electorate voted for a Scottish parliament in some form. |
| favour | Resemble (a parent or other relative) in facial features. Please favour me with an answer. |
| gerrymander | An act of gerrymandering dividing a voting area so as to give your own party an unfair advantage. An attempt to gerrymander the election result. |
| hustings | A meeting at which candidates in an election address potential voters. I was out on the hustings talking to people. |
| incoming | Revenue; income. Incoming mail. |
| opt | Make a choice from a range of possibilities. Consumers will opt for low priced goods. |
| option | Buy or sell an option on. She was given the option of resigning or being dismissed. |
| pick | Attack with or as if with a pickaxe of ice or rocky ground for example. Pick meat from a bone. |
| prefer | Give preference to one creditor over another. Some people prefer camping to staying in hotels. |
| president | The head of a company. The Irish president. |
| presidential | Relating to a president or presidency. Presidential advisers. |
| reelect | Elect again. |
| referendum | A general vote by the electorate on a single political question which has been referred to them for a direct decision. |
| select | Selected or chosen for special qualifications. The commonest phenotype in a population can be selected against. |
| selection | A plot of land acquired by selection. The publication of a selection of his poems. |
| suffrage | Intercessory prayers, especially those for the dead. Universal adult suffrage. |
| vote | An act of giving or registering a vote. Parliament has voted the money for the proposed expenditure. |
| voter | A person who votes or has the right to vote at an election. |
| voting | A choice that is made by counting the number of people in favor of each alternative. |
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