Abstention (disambiguation)
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Abstention
or abstaining is refusing to vote in an election or in a parliamentary vote. It may also refer to:
Abstention
Abstention is a term in election procedure for when a participant in a vote either does not go to vote or, in parliamentary procedure, is present during the vote, but does not cast a ballot. Abstention must be contrasted with "blank vote", in which a voter casts a ballot willfully made invalid by...
or abstaining is refusing to vote in an election or in a parliamentary vote. It may also refer to:
- abstentionismAbstentionismAbstentionism is standing for election to a deliberative assembly while refusing to take up any seats won or otherwise participate in the assembly's business. Abstentionism differs from an election boycott in that abstentionists participate in the election itself...
, standing for election to an assembly while boycotting the assembly itself - abstention doctrineAbstention doctrineAn abstention doctrine is any of several doctrines that a court of law in the United States of America might apply to refuse to hear a case, when hearing the case would potentially intrude upon the powers of another court...
, applied by a court refusing to hear a case which ought to be heard by a different court - Operation AbstentionOperation AbstentionOperation Abstention was the code name given to the British invasion of the Italian island of Kastelorizo, off Turkey, during the Second World War, on late February 1941...
, code name of the British invasion of the Italian island of Kastelorizo, off Turkey, during World War II, in February 1941. - abstinenceAbstinenceAbstinence is a voluntary restraint from indulging in bodily activities that are widely experienced as giving pleasure. Most frequently, the term refers to sexual abstinence, or abstention from alcohol or food. The practice can arise from religious prohibitions or practical...
, voluntary restraint from a bodily pleasure, such as alcohol or sexual intercourse