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— English words —

• abstention n. (Obsolete) The act of restraining oneself.
• abstention n. The act of abstaining or refraining (from).
• abstention n. The act of declining to vote on a particular issue.
• abstention n. Non-participation in the political world; as a country avoiding international affairs.

— English word, defined in French —

• abstention n. Abstention.

— English word, defined in Portuguese —

• abstention s. Abstenção.

— In French —

• abstention n.f. Action de s’abstenir, non-exercice d’un droit, refus de…
• abstention n.f. Résultat de cette action.
• abstention n.f. Acte par lequel un juge s’abstient, se récuse lui-même.
• abstention n.f. Attitude d’une personne se retenant à jouir d’un plaisir.

22 English words from 4 English definitions

abstaining act affairs avoiding country declining from international international␣affairs issue Non Non-participation Obsolete oneself participation particular political refraining restraining the vote world

7 English words from 6 foreign definitions

Abstention action Attitude droit exercice non par

18 foreign words from 6 foreign definitions

Abstenção abstenir abstient Acte cette jouir juge lequel lui lui-même même personne plaisir récuse refus Résultat retenant une

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

abstentions abstentionism abstentionist abstentionisms abstentionists abstention␣doctrine abstention␣doctrines

One prefix (New word found by adding one or more letters in front of the word.)

nonabstention

31 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 BST ent ENT -ent ent- ion Ion -ion Ste StE STE Ste. Sten stent Stent ten TEN tent tent. tio Tio tion -tion

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

ETs ETS ITN net Net NET .NET nets NETs NOI noit OIt OIT SBA TSB

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

absentation abstentions neobotanist obtainments Sino-Tibetan Trinobantes unobstinate

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

abstinent Abstinent anointest bastionet batonnets Battinson beats␣into intonates neostatin obestatin obstinant obstinate obstinent obtainest sanbenito San␣Benito tantonies

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