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The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology | 1996 | | Â© The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology 1996, originally published by Oxford University Press 1996. (Hide copyright information) Copyright

abstain XIV. ME. abste(i)nen, repr. tonic stem of (O)F. abstenir — L. abstinēre, f. ABS- + tenēre hold, keep.
So abstention XVI.

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