abstained

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of Abstain

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I want to make an extremely strong appeal to those who abstained. Vote. It takes five minutes and then it's for five years. Laurent Fabius

When the students were killed at Kent State, the cast voted to do a demonstration from the stage, and I abstained. Holly Near

According to some traditions, only olive oil is abstained from; in others, all vegetable oils. Source: Internet

But the Septuagint (the Greek translation of the Old Testament) adds that "pigs" also licked his blood, symbolically making him unclean to the Israelites, who abstained from pork. Source: Internet

As a result of this non-recognition, Sinn Féin had abstained from taking any of the seats they won in the British or Irish parliaments. Source: Internet

At large Councilor Arik Forsman abstained from the vote, citing a personal conflict of interest as a Minnesota Power employee. Source: Internet