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- verb Present participle of
abstain .
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Examples
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His piety and wisdom were proverbial among his countrymen at an early period; probably owing to that noble proof he gave of faithfulness, combined with wisdom, in abstaining from the food sent to him from the king's table, as being polluted by the idolatries usual at heathen banquets (Da 1: 8-16).
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US abstaining from the resolution means nothing much at all.
Matthew Yglesias » Olmert Claims to Control US Foreign Policy
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He'll be abstaining from a lot of votes, then, if he's a man of his word!
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He'll be abstaining from a lot of votes, then, if he's a man of his word!
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He'll be abstaining from a lot of votes, then, if he's a man of his word!
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He'll be abstaining from a lot of votes, then, if he's a man of his word!
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He'll be abstaining from a lot of votes, then, if he's a man of his word!
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He'll be abstaining from a lot of votes, then, if he's a man of his word!
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Now, if AP really wants to make a point, it should see how many Television Critics Association members it can talk into abstaining from the tour (since they are print and online journalists).
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Now, if AP really wants to make a point, it should see how many Television Critics Association members it can talk into abstaining from the tour (since they are print and online journalists).
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