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Definition of Abstentions
1. abstention [n] - See also: abstention
Lexicographical Neighbors of Abstentions
Literary usage of Abstentions
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Invasion of the Crimea: Its Origin and an Account of Its Progress Down by Alexander William Kinglake (1887)
"... tolerance of all the counter- approaches, and the same light will usefully
fall on those other ' abstentions ' of his to which we shall presently come. ..."
2. Annual Register edited by Edmund Burke (1902)
"... Union Dinner Speeches—Debate and Division on Concentration Camps : Liberal
Imperialist -abstentions—Queen's Hall Pro-Boer Meeting—Mr. Asquith's Protest: ..."
3. The Hague Peace Conferences of 1899 and 1907: A Series of Lectures Delivered by James Brown Scott (1909)
"In commission it fared better, receiving 31 for, 8 against and 5 abstentions,
and, as will appear later, was added to the proposed list in the project of ..."
4. China Joins the World: Progress and Prospects by Elizabeth Economy, Michel Oksenberg (1999)
"China cast 13 identical votes, 44 opposite votes, 14 abstentions, and 6 absences
in the 1994 plenary session; 14 identical votes, 51 opposite votes, ..."
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