Usually means: Choosing not to vote actively.
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General (9 matching dictionaries)
  1. abstentions: Merriam-Webster
  2. abstentions: Collins English Dictionary
  3. abstentions: Vocabulary.com
  4. Abstentions, abstentions: Wordnik
  5. abstentions: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  6. abstentions: Wiktionary
  7. abstentions: Dictionary.com
  8. Abstentions: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  9. abstentions: TheFreeDictionary.com

Business (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. abstentions: Merriam-Webster Legal Dictionary
  2. abstentions: Legal dictionary

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. abstentions: Encyclopedia

(Note: See abstention as well.)

Definitions from Wiktionary (abstention)

noun:  (obsolete) The act of restraining oneself.
noun:  The act of abstaining or refraining (from).
noun:  The act of declining to vote on a particular issue.
noun:  Non-participation in the political world; as a country avoiding international affairs.
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