The Only Use of
abstain
in
Frankenstein - 1831 version
- I had been accustomed, during the night, to steal a part of their store for my own consumption, but when I found that in doing this I inflicted pain on the cottagers, I abstained and satisfied myself with berries, nuts, and roots which I gathered from a neighbouring wood.
p. 114.6abstained = chose not to do that
Definitions:
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(1)
(abstain as in: abstained from alcohol) choose not to do something
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(2)
(abstain as in: 12 votes yes and 3 abstained) to formally not vote either "yes" or "no" (so that other voters will make the decision)