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What does abstaining mean?

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Verb
  1. present participle of abstain
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He said Anglicans would fast and may go on retreats this week, or go on a meatless diet, abstaining from meat on certain days.
In the not too distant past, the best abstaining customers could hope for were coffee, tea, juice, a soda, milk and plain old ice water.
The drinkers must agree to support the designated driver in abstaining from alcohol.
Ms Campbell was a key campaigner against top-up fees, but was heavily criticised by students after abstaining in the final vote in the Commons.
We will review this after about six months and see if abstaining from interviews has in any way helped box office collections.
Dance said the society is trying to embrace all vegetarians, regardless of their reasons for abstaining from meat.

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