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absention

NOUN
avoidance
Synonyms
STRONGEST
evasion prevention restraint
STRONG
circumvention delay departure dodge dodging elusion escape escapism flight forbearance nonparticipation parry recession recoil retreat self-restraint shirking shunning
WEAK
eschewal passive resistance runaround steering clear of
Antonyms
STRONG
advance arrival coming continuation stay
WEAK
meeting

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Ritual and ethical absention and the use of contraceptive drugs seem to have played the major part in maintaining this stability.

From "The Left Hand of Darkness" by Ursula K. Le Guin