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   Abstention
   Abstention is a term in election procedure for when a participant in a vote either does not go to vote (on election day) or, in parliamentary procedure, is present during the vote, but does not cast a ballot. Abstention must be contrasted with "blank vote", in which a voter casts a ballot willfully...
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   Abstention
   Ab·sten'tion adjective [ French See Abstain .] The act of abstaining; a holding aloof. Jer. Taylor.
   Found op http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/A/10
   
   
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   Abstention
   • (a.) The act of abstaining; a holding aloof.
   Found op http://thinkexist.com/dictionary/meaning/abstention/
   
   
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   abstention
   abstention Abstaining; voluntarily doing without something.
   Found op http://www.wordinfo.info/words/index/info/view_unit/2107/
   
   
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   Abstention
   [disambiguation] Abstention or abstaining is refusing to vote in an election or in a parliamentary vote. It may also refer to: ...
   Found op http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abstention_(disambiguation)
   
   
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   abstention
   1) Abstinence 2) Self-denial 3) Self-discipline
   Found op http://www.mijnwoordenboek.nl/EN/crossword-dictionary/abstention/1
   
   

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