воздержаться — meaning in English
vozderzhatsya
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English meaning
- abstain verb To deliberately not take part in something, especially eating, drinking, or voting.
- desist verb To stop doing something, often used as a formal or legal instruction.
- refrain verb To stop oneself from doing something; to hold back.
- repress verb To use force to stop an uprising, protest, or similar unrest from growing.
Senses
воздержаться is used for these senses in English:
- abstain (intransitive) Refrain from (something or doing something); keep from doing, especially an indulgence. [First attested around 1350 to 1470.]
- cut out (transitive, informal) To refrain from (doing something, using something etc.), to stop or cease (doing something).
- desist (ambitransitive, formal) To cease to proceed or act; to stop (often with from).
- refrain (intransitive, with preposition "from") To stop oneself from some action or interference; to abstain; to eschew [from 15th c.]
- repress (transitive, by extension) To check; to keep back.