Both Uses of
abstain
in
Bleak House
- And the Bond of Joy, who on account of always having the whole of his little income anticipated stood in fact pledged to abstain from cakes as well as tobacco, so swelled with grief and rage when we passed a pastry-cook's shop that he terrified me by becoming purple.†
Chpt 7-9
- You may observe, Mr. Bucket, that I abstain from examining this paper myself.†
Chpt 61-63 *
Definition:
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(abstain as in: abstained from alcohol) choose not to do something