Clues for the word "ABSTAIN"
We've had 63 crossword clues used for this word, and seen it 142 times in crosswords. It was last seen in New Zealand Herald crossword on March 30, 2026.
Definition of abstain
- v. i. - To hold one's self aloof; to forbear or refrain voluntarily, and especially from an indulgence of the passions or appetites; -- with from.
- v. t. - To hinder; to withhold.
Referring Clues
- Forbear
- Fast
- Not raise a hand, say
- What a celibate will do
- Lay off
- Shun the voting booth
- Choose to not participate
- Decline to vote
- Skip voting
- Choose not to participate
- Refrain from voting
- Choose not to vote
- Purposely have no sex life
- Decline to decide
- Forgo
- Sit out the vote
- What the celibate do
- Skip the vote
- Teetotal, e.g.
- Just say no
- Teetotal
- Refrain (from)
- Refrain from
- Desist
- Not partake
- Don't indulge
- Refrain
- Save it for marriage
- Take no part
- Napalm Death "I ___"
- Choose not to consume
- Formally decline to vote
- Don't vote for a black mark
- Refrain from giving sailor a dirty look
- Don't have a place for rubbish outside the station
- Don't the upper classes leave a mark?
- Refuse to vote, putting Jack on the spot
- Withhold one's vote
- Possibly ban Asti - and other drinks!
- Go without
- Do not vote using a black mark
- Refuse sat festering in a refuse container
- Don't vote with a black mark
- Don't do it to the first two on the mark
- Refrain that keeps flyers up to the mark
- Don't pick a second-grade mark
- A bishop and saint contrived to avoid vice, maybe
- Successfully resist temptation
- Keep it in one's pants
- Withhold vote
- Go without alcohol
- Don't vote for sailor with moral taint
- Deny oneself
- Don't get involved in slur on a head boy
- On a tar mark, don't
- Take no side
- Refrain from giving a seaman a bad mark
- Be a good designated driver
- Don't vote using a black mark
- Just not do it?
- Restrain oneself
- Stay alcohol-free
- Stay away (from)
Last Seen In
- New Zealand Herald - March 30, 2026
- Your Life Choices - January 23, 2026
- Your Life Choices - January 15, 2026
- Daily Quick - December 06, 2025
- Mindfood Daily - December 02, 2025
- Daily Quick - September 15, 2025
- New Zealand Herald - July 25, 2025
- Daily Quick - June 23, 2025
- New Zealand Herald - June 07, 2025
- Daily Quick - May 29, 2025
- Daily Quick - April 17, 2025
- Evening Standard Cryptic - April 02, 2025
- Daily Quick - March 12, 2025
- New Zealand Herald - February 09, 2025
- New York Times - January 28, 2025
- New Zealand Herald - November 21, 2024
- Mindfood Daily - October 03, 2024
- Your Life Choices - August 23, 2024
- New York Times - August 07, 2024
- Daily Quick - June 25, 2024
- New Zealand Herald - June 21, 2024
- Daily Quick - June 05, 2024
- Your Life Choices - March 22, 2024
- Evening Standard Quick - February 21, 2024
- New Zealand Herald - February 13, 2024
- New Zealand Herald - January 26, 2024
- Your Life Choices - December 24, 2023
- Your Life Choices - December 07, 2023
- Daily Quick - December 06, 2023
- Daily Quick - September 15, 2023
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