1 noun in votestaonadh masc c m uthere were four abstentionsstaon ceathrar2 noun person who doesn't votestaonaire masc4 c m umost of the abstentions were nationalistsba náisiúnaithe iad bunáite na ndaoine a staon ó vótáil3 noun from sth pleasurablestaonadh masc c m u4 noun fact of not doing sthstaonadh masc c m uthey advise abstention from any protestingmolann siadsan staonadh ó aon agóidíochtin view of their continued abstention from violenceó tharla go bhfuil siad fós ag fanacht glan ar an bhforneart