All 4 Uses of
abstain
in
Atlas Shrugged
- I shall abstain from voting.†
Chpt 2.5 *
- Dr. Ferris did not smile as he walked toward Rearden's desk; he merely wore a look suggesting that Rearden knew full well that he had good reason to smile and so he would abstain from the obvious.†
Chpt 2.6
- Building is not done by abstaining from demolition; centuries of sitting and waiting in such abstinence will not raise one single girder for you to abstain from demolishing-and now you can no longer say to me, the builder: 'Produce, and feed us in exchange for our not destroying your production.'†
Chpt 3.7
- Building is not done by abstaining from demolition; centuries of sitting and waiting in such abstinence will not raise one single girder for you to abstain from demolishing-and now you can no longer say to me, the builder: 'Produce, and feed us in exchange for our not destroying your production.'†
Chpt 3.7
Definition:
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(abstain as in: abstained from alcohol) choose not to do something