abstain

abstain englannista suomeksi

1. äänestää tyhjää, pidättyä äänestämästä

2. pidättyä, pidättäytyä, kieltäytyä

0. Verbi

1. kieltäytyä, pidättäytyä

2. äänestää tyhjää">äänestää tyhjää

3. estää

abstain englanniksi

1. Keep or withhold oneself. (defdate)(R:SOED5)

2. Refrain from (something or doing something); keep from doing, especially an indulgence. (defdate)

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3. 22 May 1948, United Nations, ''Security Council Resolution 49''

The Security Council (..) calls upon all Governments and authorities, without prejudice to the rights, claims or positions of the parties concerned, to abstain from any hostile military action in Palestine and to that end to issue a cease-fire order to their military and paramilitary forces

4. (quote-book)

5. Fast (gloss). (defdate)

6. Deliberately refrain from casting one's vote at a meeting where one is present. (defdate)

7. (quote-book)forcing a small portion of the population to abstain from voting|author=Thomas Babington Macaulay

8. Hinder; keep back; withhold. (defdate)

9. to (l):

10. to deliberately refrain from casting one's vote at a meeting where one is present.

11. to refrain from (something or doing something), to fast.

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