abstention

How To Use abstention In A Sentence

• The main victim here is the “abstentionist” movement who is told that the main trickery of Chavez IS NOT the electoral registry, at least at presidential election level. Electoral registry irregularities and Perez Oramas on the uselessness of voting
• Total abstention (aka copping out) or starting that aforementioned one-member party and voting for it. Boiling a frog
• This proposal was defeated in the UN General Assembly by 60 votes to 15, with 39 abstentions.
• After a period of such mutual abstention it became a virtue, like an oath of chastity. FAIRYLAND
• A show of hands resulted in 11 people voting to bring back the bells, with one vote against and six abstentions.
• Rice jumped to defend the Obama Administration's lackluster performance by claiming that previous Iran resolutions were not unanimous during the Bush Administration and that there were "abstentions". Richard Grenell: Robert Gibbs' Foreign Policy Spin Job
• The Senate had already approved the treaty on Sept. 17 by 176 votes to 16 with one abstention.
• The Extraordinary Commission's report was accepted after a 12-hour debate on July 23 by 184 votes to 110 with 19 abstentions.
• The fact that the Party is not abstentionist, and can make its voice heard on the floor of House of Commons and on Parliamentary Committees should also be seen as an advantage. "THE SDLP’S CHALLENGE"
• On July 11, the composition of the Cabinet was approved by 226 votes to 124 with 28 abstentions.