Both Uses of
abstain
in
Harry Potter (#5) and the Order of the Phoenix
- Harry realised how much Professor McGonagall cared about beating Slytherin when she abstained from giving them homework in the week leading up to the match.†
Chpt 19 *
- 'If she catches yeh, it'll be all of our necks on the line,' he told them flatly, and with no desire to do anything that might jeopardise his job further they abstained from walking down to his hut in the evenings.†
Chpt 25
Definition:
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(abstain as in: abstained from alcohol) choose not to do something