abstain from voting

To refrain from casting a vote for someone or something. Many argue that citizens who abstain from voting put the democratic process in jeopardy. Because I didn't like either candidate, I decided to abstain from voting for the first time in my life.

abstain from voting

to choose not to vote either for or against a proposition or nominee. I will have to abstain from voting since I cannot make up my mind.

Common Names:

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Sybil	SIB-əl	English
Iosif	ee-O-seef (Russian), YO-seef (Romanian)	Russian, Romanian, Greek
GiedrĖ	-	Lithuanian
Sohail	-	Urdu
Alberte (1)	al-BER-te	Galician
Arnauld	['a:rnəu]