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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (1)

1. the trait of abstaining (especially from alcohol);
[syn: abstinence, abstention]



The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Abstention \Ab*sten"tion\, a. [F. See Abstain.]
   The act of abstaining; a holding aloof. --Jer. Taylor.
   [1913 Webster]


WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

abstention
    n 1: the trait of abstaining (especially from alcohol) [syn:
         abstinence, abstention]