abstentio

== Latin == === Etymology === abstineō (“to abstain, hold back”) +‎ -tiō === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [apˈstɛn.ti.oː] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [abˈstɛn.t͡si.o] === Noun === abstentiō f (genitive abstentiōnis); third declension (Late Latin) holding back, retaining (Christianity) abstention, abstaining ==== Declension ==== Third-declension noun. ==== Descendants ==== → Bourguignon: aibstancion → French: abstention → English: abstention → Italian: astensione → Polish: abstencja (learned) → Portuguese: abstenção → Romanian: abstențiune → Spanish: abstención === References === “abstentio”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press “abstentio”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.