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abstention meaning in Urdu

اجتناب ijtināb

UK/əbˈstɛn.ʃn̩//æbˈstɛn.ʃn̩/

abstention in Urdu: اجتناب (ijtināb). In English, abstention means the act of restraining oneself.

Urdu words for abstention

abstention, evasion, go by
اجتناب ijtināb

English meaning of abstention

  1. noun The act of restraining oneself.
  2. noun The act of abstaining or refraining (from).
  3. noun The act of declining to vote on a particular issue.
  4. noun Non-participation in the political world; as a country avoiding international affairs.

Full definition of abstention

abstention in a sentence

  • abstention from alcohol
  • There were five abstentions in the vote.

abstention in other languages

Questions about abstention in Urdu

What is the meaning of abstention in Urdu?
Abstention in Urdu is اجتناب (ijtināb).
abstention کا اردو میں کیا مطلب ہے؟
Abstention: اجتناب (ijtināb).
What does abstention mean in English?
Abstention means the act of restraining oneself.

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Urdu words from Wiktionary's Urdu entries whose English meaning is “abstention”: اجتناب. English meanings adapted from Wiktionary: abstention (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the Urdu words and English meanings and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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