abstention
The origin and history of abstention.
Etymology
First recorded in 1521, abstention was borrowed from French abstention, from Late Latin abstēntiō, from Latin abstinēō (“withhold, to abstain”).
The origin and history of abstention.
First recorded in 1521, abstention was borrowed from French abstention, from Late Latin abstēntiō, from Latin abstinēō (“withhold, to abstain”).
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