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nonvote

nonvote noun: a deliberate act of not voting; an abstention.

Noun

nonvote (plural nonvotes)

  1. A deliberate act of not voting; an abstention.
    • Lloyd Carr, the Michigan coach, called Tressel’s nonvote “real slick.”2007 January 3, Jeré Longman, “The Two Sides of Jim Tressel”, in New York Times

Forms of nonvote

pluralnonvotes

Origin of nonvote

From non- + vote.

Questions about nonvote

What does nonvote mean?
Nonvote means a deliberate act of not voting; an abstention.
What part of speech is nonvote?
Nonvote is a noun.
What is the plural of nonvote?
The plural of nonvote is nonvotes.

Words near nonvote in the dictionary

  1. nonvolunteering
  2. nonvomiting
  3. nonvortex
  4. nonvortical
  5. nonvotable
  6. nonvote
  7. nonvoter
  8. nonvoters
  9. nonvotes
  10. nonvoting
  11. nonvowel

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