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— English words —

• abstain v. (Transitive, reflexive, obsolete) Keep or withhold oneself.
• abstain v. (Intransitive) Refrain from (something or doing something); keep from doing, especially an indulgence.
• abstain v. (Intransitive, obsolete) Fast (not eat for a period).
• abstain v. (Intransitive) Deliberately refrain from casting one’s vote at a meeting where one is present.
• abstain v. (Transitive, obsolete) Hinder; keep back; withhold.

— Foreign word, define in English —

• Indonesian
  • abstain v. To abstain…

— English words, defined in German —

• abstain V. Intransitiv: in einer Wahl seine Stimme nicht abgeben; sich enthalten.
• abstain V. Intransitiv: to abstain from something: sich von etwas Erfreulichem fernhalten; sich etwas versagen…

— English word, defined in Dutch —

• abstain w. Onthouden, nalaten, afblijven.

— English words, defined in French —

• abstain v. S’abstenir, se réserver.
• abstain v. Faire abstinence, s’abstenir, s’abstenir de.

— English word, defined in Portuguese —

• abstain v. Abster.

30 English words from 6 English definitions

abstain back casting Deliberately doing eat especially Fast for from Hinder indulgence Intransitive keep keep␣back keep␣from meeting not obsolete one oneself period present reflexive refrain something Transitive vote where withhold

8 English words from 6 foreign definitions

abstain abstinence Faire from seine sich something Wahl

19 foreign words from 6 foreign definitions

abgeben abstenir Abster afblijven einer enthalten Erfreulichem etwas fernhalten Intransitiv nalaten nicht Onthouden réserver s’abstenir se␣réserver Stimme versagen von

10 suffixes (New words found by adding one or more letters at the end of the word.)

abstains abstained abstainer abstainers abstainest abstaineth abstaining abstainedst abstainment abstainments

3 times in the middle (New words found by adding letters in front and at the end of the word.)

nonabstainer nonabstainers nonabstaining

23 words-in-word (Words found as is inside the word. Minimum size 3 letters.)

abs Abs ABs ABS A♭s abs- abs. A.B.s Ain AIN ain' BST sta Sta STA Sta. Stai stain tai Tai TAI tain Tain

12 words-in-word RTL (Words found written from right to left, inside the word. Minimum size 3 letters.)

ats ATs ATS at's ATSB IAT IATs nia Nia NIA SBA TSB

3 anagrams (New words found by changing the order of the letters.)

banitsa Bastani Bastian

27 anagrams found with an extra letter (New words formed with all the letters from the word and an extra letter.)

ablastin absentia abstains abthains antibias antiscab antistab atosiban Baianist banitsas Barsanti bartisan basanite bastadin Bastanis Batesian bayanist habitans instaban Kabistan nailbats nail␣bats sabatine Sabatini Sabatino tabanids Talibans

16 anagrams found minus a letter (New words formed with all the letters from the word minus a letter.)

abatis Atsina banats banias Bantas Bastia Bastin BATNAs bats␣in Ibatan Nastia Nisaba Sabian Sabina tabias Tanais

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