avstå — meaning in English
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English meaning
- abstain verb To deliberately not take part in something, especially eating, drinking, or voting.
- concede verb To admit, often reluctantly, that something is true.
- decline verb To become weaker, smaller, or worse over time.
- 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.
Senses
avstå 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.]
- concede To yield or suffer; to surrender; to grant
- concede To yield or make concession.
- decline (transitive) To choose not to do something; refuse, forbear, refrain.
- 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.]
concede — full definition
- verb To admit, often reluctantly, that something is true.
- verb To give up or grant something, such as territory, a right, or a point in an argument.