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abstain

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Pronunciation

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Verb

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Plain form
abstain

Third-person singular
abstains

Past tense
abstained

Past participle
abstained

Present participle
abstaining

  1. To abstain from something is to do without it or to keep yourself from doing it.
    If you abstain from eating candy, you will not be so fat.
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