Abstain
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In December, he blasted then-President Barack Obama’s decision to
abstain
from a vote on a UN Security Council resolution condemning Israel’s illegal settlement construction, instead of vetoing the measure.
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Well resisting temptation is hard, as the 19th century English economist Nassau William Senior said, "To
abstain
from the enjoyment which is in our power, or to seek distant rather than immediate results, are among the most painful exertions of the human will."
There are countless reasons a woman may have for choosing to
abstain
from motherhood, the majority of them not self-prioritizing.
"You must
abstain
from blood" is not an ambiguous statement.
Trump’s foreign-policy meddling reached its apex – at least so far – in late December, when he tried to interfere with President Barack Obama’s administration’s decision to
abstain
from voting on a United Nations Security Council resolution condemning Israel for continuing to build settlements in occupied Palestinian territories.
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