🇬🇧 en de 🇩🇪

abstention noun

  /æbˈstɛn.t͡ʃn̩/ , /æbˈstɛn.ʃn̩/ , /əbˈstɛn.t͡ʃn̩/ , /əbˈstɛn.ʃn̩/
  • (obsolete) The act of restraining oneself. [Attested from the early 16th century until the med 17th century.]
  • The act of abstaining or refraining (from). [First attested in the early 17th century.]
 Enthaltung, Abstandnehmen
Wiktionary Links