abstention

Example Sentences

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The Senate voted 46 in favor, 25 against, with one abstention after the lower Chamber of Deputies greenlit the budget.

From Barron's • Dec. 27, 2025

A bill tabled by Liberal Democrat MSP Liam McArthur passed its first parliamentary vote by 70 to 56, with one abstention.

From BBC • May 13, 2025

Students in the audience, some with mouths taped shut to symbolize their hunger strike over the issue, reacted with fury, calling out, “Cowards!” and other epithets after the 10-to-6 vote, with one abstention.

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 4, 2024

As we just reported, 14 voted in favour of the resolution and zero against, with one abstention.

From BBC • Mar. 25, 2024

Unfortunately its moral is a moral of—shall I say?—fastidious abstention; a moral it is difficult to appreciate or put into practice, except at an age when passion has lost its fire and its poison.

From The English Stage Being an Account of the Victorian Drama by Filon, Augustin