abstention

1. An abstaining vote or voter: 12 ayes, 10 nays, and 8 abstentions.

2. The act or habit of deliberate self-denial.

3. The act or practice of .

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Top Words by points	Points	Word Game
abstention	12	Scrabble

2 Letters	Scrabble® Points
ab	4
ae	2
ai	2
an	2
as	2
at	2
ba	4
be	4
bi	4
bo	4
en	2
es	2
et	2
in	2
is	2
it	2
na	2
ne	2
no	2
oe	2
oi	2
on	2
os	2
si	2
so	2
ta	2
te	2
ti	2
to	2

3 Letters	Scrabble® Points
abs	5
ain	3
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ani	3
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ate	3
att	3
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ion	3
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tet	3
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tis	3
tit	3
toe	3
ton	3
tot	3
ats	3
bae	5

4 Letters	Scrabble® Points
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toit	4
tone	4
tons	4
tosa	4
tost	4
tote	4
tots	4
baes	6
stan	4

5 Letters	Scrabble® Points
abets	7
aeons	5
anent	5
anion	5
anise	5
antes	5
antis	5
atone	5
baits	7
banes	7
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beans	7
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biont	7
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entia	5
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noise	5
nonas	5
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tints	5
titan	5
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tones	5
tonne	5
totes	5
natto	5

6 Letters	Scrabble® Points
absent	8
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anoint	6
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bannet	8
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teston	6
tineas	6
tisane	6
titans	6
tobies	8
tonnes	6
nattos	6

7 Letters	Scrabble® Points
anoints	7
atonies	7
bannets	9
banties	9
basinet	9
bastion	9
batiste	9
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benison	9
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enation	7
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niobate	9
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stanine	7
station	7
tannest	7
tenants	7
tennist	7
tension	7
toniest	7
tontine	7

8 Letters	Scrabble® Points
antisnob	10
bonniest	10
botanies	10
botanise	10
botanist	10
enations	8
intonate	8
niobates	10
obeisant	10
sonatine	8
stannite	8
tinstone	8
tontines	8

9 Letters	Scrabble® Points
abstinent	11
intonates	9
obstinate	11
sanbenito	11

10 Letters	Scrabble® Points
abstention	12