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Yes. The word abstain is a Scrabble US word. The word abstain is worth 9 points in Scrabble:

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7-letter words (1 found)

ABSTAIN,

6-letter words (4 found)

ABATIS,BANIAS,BASANT,ISTANA,

5-letter words (24 found)

ABSIT,ANTAS,ANTIS,BAISA,BAITS,BANIA,BANTS,BASAN,BASIN,BASTA,BASTI,BINTS,NABIS,NATIS,SABIN,SAINT,SATAI,SATIN,STAIN,TABIS,TAINS,TANAS,TIANS,TINAS,

4-letter words (45 found)

ABAS,AIAS,AINS,AITS,ANAS,ANIS,ANSA,ANTA,ANTI,ANTS,BAAS,BAIT,BANI,BANS,BANT,BAST,BATS,BIAS,BINS,BINT,BIST,BITS,ISBA,ISNA,ITAS,NABS,NATS,NIBS,NITS,SAIN,SANT,SATI,SNAB,SNIB,SNIT,STAB,TABI,TABS,TAIN,TAIS,TANA,TANS,TIAN,TINA,TINS,

3-letter words (41 found)

AAS,ABA,ABS,AIA,AIN,AIS,AIT,ANA,ANI,ANS,ANT,ATS,BAA,BAN,BAS,BAT,BIN,BIS,BIT,INS,ITA,ITS,NAB,NAS,NAT,NIB,NIS,NIT,SAB,SAI,SAN,SAT,SIB,SIN,SIT,TAB,TAI,TAN,TAS,TIN,TIS,

2-letter words (16 found)

AA,AB,AI,AN,AS,AT,BA,BI,IN,IS,IT,NA,SI,ST,TA,TI,

You can make 131 words from abstain according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of abstain

abstain

Etymology

First attested around 1380. From Middle English absteynen, absteinen, abstenen, from Old French astenir, abstenir, from Latin abstineō (“to hold oneself back”) from abs- (“from”) + teneō (“I hold”). See also tenable.

Pronunciation

  • (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /əbˈsteɪn/
  • (US) IPA(key): /əbˈsteɪn/, /æbˈsteɪn/
  • Rhymes: -eɪn

Verb

abstain (third-person singular simple present abstains, present participle abstaining, simple past and past participle abstained)

  1. (transitive, reflexive, obsolete) Keep or withhold oneself. [Attested from around 1350 to 1470 until the mid 16th century.]
  2. (intransitive) Refrain from (something or doing something); keep from doing, especially an indulgence. [First attested around 1350 to 1470.]
    • 22 May 1948, United Nations, Security Council Resolution 49
      The Security Council […] calls upon all Governments and authorities, without prejudice to the rights, claims or positions of the parties concerned, to abstain from any hostile military action in Palestine and to that end to issue a cease-fire order to their military and paramilitary forces
  3. (intransitive, obsolete) Fast (not eat for a period). [First attested around 1350 to 1470.]
  4. (intransitive) Deliberately refrain from casting one's vote at a meeting where one is present. [First attested around 1350 to 1470.]
  5. (transitive, obsolete) Hinder; keep back; withhold. [Attested from the early 16th century until the mid 17th century.]

Usage notes

  • (keep or withhold oneself): Followed by the word from or of.
  • (refrain from something): Followed by the word from.

Conjugation

Synonyms

  • deny oneself
  • forbear
  • forgo
  • give up
  • refrain
  • relinquish
  • withhold

Derived terms

Related terms

  • abstinence
  • abstinent

Translations

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Anagrams

  • Bastian, banitsa

Indonesian

Etymology

From English abstain, from Middle English absteynen, absteinen, abstenen, from Old French astenir, abstenir, from Latin abstineō (“to hold oneself back”) from abs- (“from”) + teneō (“I hold”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ap̚stain/
  • Hyphenation: ab‧stain

Verb

abstain

  1. to abstain:
    1. (politics) to deliberately refrain from casting one's vote at a meeting where one is present.
    2. (medicine) to refrain from (something or doing something), to fast.
      Synonym: puasa

Further reading

  • “abstain” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation — Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic Indonesia, 2016.

Source: wiktionary.org