AMERICAN CIVIL WAR 1861 1865
THE EMANCIPATION PROCLAMATION
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Question
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What does the word abstain mean?
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the act of being freed
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to hold oneself back voluntarily
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to do away with; get rid of; to end
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the keep under control; restrain
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Explanation:
Detailed explanation-1: -verb intransitive. to hold oneself back; voluntarily do without; refrain (from) to abstain from smoking.
Detailed explanation-2: -: to choose not to do or have something : to refrain deliberately and often with an effort of self-denial from an action or practice. abstain from drinking. : to choose not to vote. Ten members voted for the proposal, six members voted against it, and two abstained. abstainer noun.
Detailed explanation-3: -Abstinence is choosing not to have sex.
Detailed explanation-4: -Abstain means to refrain from voting, either for or against a motion.
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