棄権

きけん

abstention (from voting)

N1 #4,907

Meanings

  1. noun, takes する, transitive abstention (from voting); renunciation (of a right); withdrawal (from a contest)

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In sentences

棄権きけんが二に票ひょうあった。 There were two abstentions. #183378

今度こんどの選挙せんきょは棄権きけんするつもりだ。 I don't plan to vote at the upcoming election. #172147

いざ投票とうひょうという時とき、彼かれは棄権きけんした。 When it was time to vote, he abstained. #229133